113 S123 IS: Voter Empowerment Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-01-23
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Voter Empowerment Act of
2013
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Voter Registration Modernization
Sec. 100. Short title.
Subtitle A—Promoting Internet Registration
Sec. 101. Requiring availability of Internet for voter
registration.
Sec. 102. Use of Internet to update registration
information.
Sec. 103. Provision of election information by electronic mail
to individuals registered to vote.
Sec. 104. Clarification of requirement regarding necessary
information to show eligibility to vote.
Sec. 105. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Automated Registration of Certain
Individuals
Sec. 111. Automated voter registration.
Sec. 112. List maintenance, privacy, and security.
Sec. 113. Promoting accuracy of Statewide voter registration
lists.
Sec. 114. Definitions.
Sec. 115. Effective date.
Subtitle C—Other initiatives To promote voter
registration
Sec. 121. Same day registration.
Sec. 122. Acceptance of voter registration applications from
individuals under 18 years of age.
Sec. 123. Annual reports on voter registration
statistics.
Subtitle D—Availability of HAVA Requirements
Payments
Sec. 131. Availability of requirements payments under HAVA to
cover costs of compliance with new requirements.
Subtitle E—Prohibiting Interference With Voter Registration
Sec. 141. Prohibiting hindering, interfering with, or
preventing voter registration.
Sec. 142. Establishment of best practices.
Title II—Access to Voting for Individuals With
Disabilities
Sec. 201. Requirements for States to promote access to voter
registration and voting for individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 202. Pilot programs for enabling individuals with
disabilities to register to vote and vote privately and independently at
residences.
Sec. 203. Expansion and reauthorization of grant program to
assure voting access for individuals with disabilities.
Title III—Prohibiting Voter Caging
Sec. 301. Voter caging and other questionable challenges
prohibited.
Sec. 302. Development and adoption of best practices for
preventing voter caging.
Sec. 303. Severability.
Title IV—Prohibiting Deceptive Practices
Sec. 401. Prohibition on deceptive practices in Federal
elections.
Sec. 402. Modification of penalty for voter
intimidation.
Sec. 403. Sentencing guidelines.
Sec. 404. Reporting violations; corrective action.
Title V—Democracy Restoration
Sec. 501. Rights of citizens.
Sec. 502. Enforcement.
Sec. 503. Notification of restoration of voting
rights.
Sec. 504. Definitions.
Sec. 505. Relation to other laws.
Sec. 506. Federal prison funds.
Sec. 507. Effective date.
Title VI—Accuracy, Integrity, and Security of
Elections
Sec. 600. Short title.
Subtitle A—Promoting accuracy, integrity, and security through
voter-Verified permanent paper ballot
Sec. 601. Paper ballot and manual counting
requirements.
Sec. 602. Accessibility and ballot verification for individuals
with disabilities.
Sec. 603. Additional voting system requirements.
Sec. 604. Availability of additional funding to enable States
to meet costs of revised requirements.
Sec. 605. Effective date for new requirements.
Subtitle B—Requirement for mandatory manual audits by hand
count
Sec. 611. Mandatory manual audits.
Sec. 612. Availability of enforcement under Help America Vote
Act of 2002.
Sec. 613. Guidance on best practices for alternative audit
mechanisms.
Sec. 614. Clerical amendment.
Title VII—Provisional Ballots
Sec. 701. Requirements for counting provisional ballots;
establishment of uniform and nondiscriminatory standards.
Title VIII—Early Voting and Voting by Mail
Sec. 801. Early voting and voting by mail.
Title IX—Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas
Voters
Sec. 901. Extending guarantee of residency for voting purposes
to family members of absent military personnel.
Sec. 902. Pre-election reports on availability and transmission
of absentee ballots.
Sec. 903. Enforcement.
Sec. 904. Revisions to 45-day absentee ballot transmission
rule.
Sec. 905. Use of single absentee ballot application for
subsequent elections.
Sec. 906. Effective date.
Title X—Poll Worker Recruitment and Training
Sec. 1001. Leave to serve as a poll worker for Federal
employees.
Sec. 1002. Grants to States for poll worker recruitment and
training.
Sec. 1003. Model poll worker training program.
Sec. 1004. State defined.
Title XI—Enhancement of Enforcement
Sec. 1101. Enhancement of enforcement of Help America Vote Act
of 2002.
Title XII—Federal Election Integrity
Sec. 1201. Prohibition on campaign activities by chief State
election administration officials.
Title XIII—Other Election Administration Improvements
Sec. 1301. Treatment of universities as voter registration
agencies.
Sec. 1302. Minimum notification requirements for voters
affected by polling place changes.
Sec. 1303. Voter information response systems and
hotline.
Sec. 1304. Reauthorization of election assistance
commission.
Sec. 1305. Application of laws to Commonwealth of Northern
Mariana Islands.
Sec. 1306. Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance
Commission from certain government contracting requirements.
Sec. 1307. No effect on other laws.
<enum>I</enum><header>Voter
Registration Modernization</header>
<section id="H3B04A1F404FD4963BE7DBE8915397D09"><enum>100.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013</quote>.</text>
</section><subtitle id="H0656AA1BA2004BB39520FBC2E3ECEA10"><enum>A</enum><header>Promoting Internet
Registration</header>
<section id="HCEEF14989BCA4549B06A4357CC23C5E1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Requiring
availability of Internet for voter registration</header>
<subsection id="HE51596B1DCE647BD9FEB046E321A9494"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring
Availability of Internet for Registration</header><text>The National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting
after section 6 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB2454B572D84E78AF4D6AD72A4B5449" style="OLC">
<section id="HDF29CAEB69454030A6BBD2EDD1D5CAA7"><enum>6A.</enum><header>Internet
Registration</header>
<subsection id="H0D933906CF4D43CCA6C6003B3FC2E766"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring
Availability of Internet for Online Registration</header>
<paragraph id="HDF88BD7F3B4E4EBE9C28C08635813E49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of
online registration</header><text>Each State, acting through the chief State
election official, shall ensure that the following services are available to
the public at any time on the official public websites of the appropriate State
and local election officials in the State, in the same manner and subject to
the same terms and conditions as the services provided by voter registration
agencies under section 7(a):</text>
<subparagraph id="H850BA623C07E4649AC0D2E79E88D8C84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Online application
for voter registration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B79A10E0BEA455A969D0C3EB1A5A354"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Online assistance
to applicants in applying to register to vote.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF185CEE1E8F04C87BB6FB84471099511"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Online completion and submission by
applicants of the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the
Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2), including
assistance with providing a signature in electronic form as required under
subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H961C3FD703AB4FB2A89EECD25340894F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Online receipt of
completed voter registration applications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF115926E2FC4286B5F907F658BC6A7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceptance of
completed applications</header><text>A State shall accept an online voter
registration application provided by an individual under this section, and
ensure that the individual is registered to vote in the State, if—</text>
<paragraph id="H29B16087157F4A5A89E57740682996E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the individual
meets the same voter registration requirements applicable to individuals who
register to vote by mail in accordance with section 6(a)(1) using the mail
voter registration application form prescribed by the Election Assistance
Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAF062843F5D45D7A1B7577220747221"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the individual
provides a signature in electronic form in accordance with subsection (c) (but
only in the case of applications submitted during or after the second year in
which this section is in effect in the State).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FBD4E7C6ED44D45AF2A079250043EA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Signatures in
electronic form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of this section, an individual provides a signature in electronic form
by—</text>
<paragraph id="HA87F5BBA9D7F460FA3E4FAE537C4D5F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>executing a
computerized mark in the signature field on an online voter registration
application; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ADC7B64D1834E5FAD89BB7CD2F7D0FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submitting with
the application an electronic copy of the individual’s handwritten signature
through electronic means.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB539F91DB35743C0A791441D5BEFFC04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confirmation and
disposition</header>
<paragraph id="H44CC747FF05247D0B8AD718D13CFB040"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Confirmation of
receipt</header><text>Upon the online submission of a completed voter
registration application by an individual under this section, the appropriate
State or local election official shall send the individual a notice confirming
the State’s receipt of the application and providing instructions on how the
individual may check the status of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE6DE8541229445A8229FA14024FF8D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of
disposition</header><text>As soon as the appropriate State or local election
official has approved or rejected an application submitted by an individual
under this section, the official shall send the individual a notice of the
disposition of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A22041769BA4574811CFB0AEA5DE5F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Method of
notification</header><text>The appropriate State or local election official
shall send the notices required under this subsection by regular mail, and, in
the case of an individual who has requested that the State provide voter
registration and voting information through electronic mail, by both electronic
mail and regular mail.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44F77B1E4D664DC1A63E9EDB4463D469"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provision of
Services in Nonpartisan Manner</header><text>The services made available under
subsection (a) shall be provided in a manner that ensures that, consistent with
section 7(a)(5)—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F1DF54A4FDC42A78A8EB0CDEF4C59B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the online
application does not seek to influence an applicant’s political preference or
party registration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H650484ED3C89454586030DA769B3CFC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there is no
display on the website promoting any political preference or party allegiance,
except that nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit an applicant
from registering to vote as a member of a political party.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44417070F4294924BC5B06E34391EE8A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protection of
Security of Information</header><text>In meeting the requirements of this
section, the State shall establish appropriate technological security measures
to prevent to the greatest extent practicable any unauthorized access to
information provided by individuals using the services made available under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5CD1530864A7463A966AF03E94497353"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of
Additional Telephone-Based System</header><text>A State shall make the services
made available online under subsection (a) available through the use of an
automated telephone-based system, subject to the same terms and conditions
applicable under this section to the services made available online, in
addition to making the services available online in accordance with the
requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE79F8FBC858D4F2EAEE8732658B327C3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
among registered voters using mail and online registration</header><text>In
carrying out this Act, the Help America Vote Act of 2002, or any other Federal,
State, or local law governing the treatment of registered voters in the State
or the administration of elections for public office in the State, a State
shall treat a registered voter who registered to vote online in accordance with
this section in the same manner as the State treats a registered voter who
registered to vote by
mail.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H584A5DF6B89F451FB08A4EF96C1EFCF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
requirements for individuals using online registration</header>
<paragraph id="HF69130381C07433EA81C1957E62FC01B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
individuals registering to vote by mail for purposes of first-time voter
identification requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>by
mail</quote> and inserting <quote>by mail or online under section 6A of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E615E533D1944DCAC78159069AFB264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requiring
signature for first-time voters in jurisdiction</header><text>Section 303(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4294BDE6C85A4ECCB21F39F81F17879D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A99AED887054476AAFC6773EEA6534C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39A6B380F5454AA8B6C9B8EFB14D7ABC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H715D6775762C41DBAAFB521E023A3728"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Signature
requirements for first-time voters using online registration</header>
<subparagraph id="H8C6E39F8D919481AB6073B705D8C9971"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall, in a
uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, require an individual to meet the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<clause id="HDD5FCCF673B64A8B90974BC4EF7C8465"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual
registered to vote in the State online under section 6A of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCC7E0DF59E4462689583C8604C80C59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual
has not previously voted in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60259ED112B24B8D8C6AE224AE4CADEF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An
individual meets the requirements of this subparagraph if—</text>
<clause id="H6F31C2AA1D5949B88413041F2FA38709"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an individual who votes in person, the individual provides the
appropriate State or local election official with a handwritten signature;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE6FD65F7815F4A168A8EE74F2637FE4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual who votes by mail, the individual submits with the ballot a
handwritten signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD2B1FB9AF95486DA7804710C2FBD019"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual who is—</text>
<clause id="HCDFADE9FA83946E4BF7FA203551466A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entitled to vote
by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCEEE0126C2740EAB5E3B0800F5E4B0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provided the
right to vote otherwise than in person under section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H21DB781A68DE41889F5580215DE329D6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>entitled to vote
otherwise than in person under any other Federal
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87342A39B4484E01A18EB499F7B78FAA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Each State</quote>
and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b)(5), each
State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD61CDF1F4F3044089DACCE64F96AF619"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H39E3D09E11914D4BAC6E0CEE90DA062F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing of
registration</header><text>Section 8(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3ABB33C4DBA14D34AA2A3D00F7C1512B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA951AA1559F2433F910B6603CB38F840"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCB65FA4BC95468BB10094378B447E92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F8684B1888046D8B550EE82375B023B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H95FDECEAE49443AAB04B90FDC4B856CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of online registration through
the official public website of an election official under section 6A, if the
valid voter registration application is submitted online not later than the
lesser of 30 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the
election (as determined by treating the date on which the application is sent
electronically as the date on which it is submitted);
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF461ED1D91214AFC959F379F6D9D6C05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Informing
applicants of eligibility requirements and penalties</header><text>Section
8(a)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>and 7</quote> and inserting <quote>6A, and 7</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8C38184DACDB49AABABEE859AA873389"><enum>102.</enum><header>Use of Internet
to update registration information</header>
<subsection id="H8C931A152CE049E4842207367E846A2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header>
<paragraph id="HBAF5F58801614823A4577FC5BED036BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Updates to
information contained on computerized statewide voter registration
list</header><text>Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15483(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F03EF814DCC4842827BD24A8CB1225E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4F715025EB2A425796C64F09FCD3965E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of Internet
by registered voters to update information</header>
<subparagraph id="HFE0BCFFFA08D4148986BADC4784C82E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate State
or local election official shall ensure that any registered voter on the
computerized list may at any time update the voter’s registration information,
including the voter’s address and electronic mail address, online through the
official public website of the election official responsible for the
maintenance of the list, so long as the voter attests to the contents of the
update by providing a signature in electronic form in the same manner required
under section 6A(c) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H245D6E21C11E451AAE06345039CCC1B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Processing of
updated information by election officials</header><text>If a registered voter
updates registration information under subparagraph (A), the appropriate State
or local election official shall—</text>
<clause id="H5062047B4A9B41CA9D7B225DF7B64D06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>revise any
information on the computerized list to reflect the update made by the voter;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5FECBEB5DCF94DF9819E2A6991ED1F24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the updated
registration information affects the voter’s eligibility to vote in an election
for Federal office, ensure that the information is processed with respect to
the election if the voter updates the information not later than the lesser of
7 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the
election.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3101B8855BD54FFBB97B64D3EA03E799"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Confirmation and
disposition</header>
<clause id="H4E2A417550034C649801DCAA91A62D74"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Confirmation of
receipt</header><text>Upon the online submission of updated registration
information by an individual under this paragraph, the appropriate State or
local election official shall send the individual a notice confirming the
State’s receipt of the updated information and providing instructions on how
the individual may check the status of the update.</text>
</clause><clause id="H949361D64FE1448EB0AAB039BF977B44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notice of
disposition</header><text>As soon as the appropriate State or local election
official has accepted or rejected updated information submitted by an
individual under this paragraph, the official shall send the individual a
notice of the disposition of the update.</text>
</clause><clause id="H316F35A678EE4E1191BBF534C130B41D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Method of
notification</header><text>The appropriate State or local election official
shall send the notices required under this subparagraph by regular mail, and,
in the case of an individual who has requested that the State provide voter
registration and voting information through electronic mail, by both electronic
mail and regular
mail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD85EAB6EA6AF4EECB49514153A93998E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(1)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subparagraph
(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B) and subsection
(a)(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23B1279B1B4848478D4D212C6EF00C18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ability of
registrant To use online update To provide information on
residence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(d)(2)(A)
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C05E204937149E596F33FE7CBDDBC20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by inserting after
<quote>return the card</quote> the following: <quote>or update the registrant’s
information on the computerized Statewide voter registration list using the
online method provided under section 303(a)(6) of the Help America Vote Act of
2002</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A3187BE33344E2DBDFCFD631160BC7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>returned,</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>returned or if the registrant does not update the registrant’s
information on the computerized Statewide voter registration list using such
online method,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9BF920D7CED34ED881F4A8499EE28C3B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Provision of
election information by electronic mail to individuals registered to
vote</header>
<subsection id="H55ABA2E13E564C8CA286887E1C0CF31F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Including Option
on Voter Registration Application To Provide E-Mail Address and Receive
Information</header>
<paragraph id="H37E0F2D7D05B43348C2F4FB4F8442CBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-7">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H37B2E6A4E3BD4E36B76C1B7CADC2AD5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H639B8305BBDA48C290EBDD9CEBB72AB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AD0A81B5AB0411099A93FEBABE882F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92B17C6754754F209327517098787A4A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5862432CC7154309BB78049D2210A163"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include a space for the applicant to
provide (at the applicant’s option) an electronic mail address, together with a
statement that, if the applicant so requests, instead of using regular mail the
appropriate State and local election officials shall provide to the applicant,
through electronic mail sent to that address, the same voting information (as
defined in section 302(b)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002) which the
officials would provide to the applicant through regular
mail.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39BBC120DC02409D9A8D9E4698D01CF8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibiting use
for purposes unrelated to official duties of election
officials</header><text>Section 9 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-7">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–7</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98163701F28B4680BDA815A072275867" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H038AC30072A24233A134C6690B79F47E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibiting use
of electronic mail addresses for other than official purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State election official shall
ensure that any electronic mail address provided by an applicant under
subsection (b)(5) is used only for purposes of carrying out official duties of
election officials and is not transmitted by any State or local election
official (or any agent of such an official, including a contractor) to any
person who does not require the address to carry out such official duties and
who is not under the direct supervision and control of a State or local
election
official.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CDEC35A8AB94E82BF1ACA3ABBA0D2C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring
Provision of Information by Election Officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA830A450036B40D9A32AA32EFD19B3E9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H053A5D11C9BC4BF69B22819F0EF9D52D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Provision of
other information by electronic mail</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual who is a registered voter
has provided the State or local election official with an electronic mail
address for the purpose of receiving voting information (as described in
section 9(b)(5) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993), the
appropriate State or local election official, through electronic mail
transmitted not later than 7 days before the date of the election involved,
shall provide the individual with information on how to obtain the following
information by electronic means:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D2C2B13C8E64BFD87E697732CFD6C53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The name and
address of the polling place at which the individual is assigned to vote in the
election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H116312D3392E49EFBFCCA900546A9FB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The hours of
operation for the polling place.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E92A687EA5D430B88EEED3E5D966E0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
any identification or other information the individual may be required to
present at the polling
place.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DFDC8A2C5CD4F18AEB01EE92E48B9C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Clarification of
requirement regarding necessary information to show eligibility to
vote</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFFB12F723C6F4A4DAF1A690A312E938B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (j) as subsection (k); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B748302E8DE4A33AEFDFB522B68FB96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (i) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C0BB3C347CC4993AC6ECB10092141FF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H773F28637BA74CEA95AE02CF80277E0D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Requirement for
State To Register Applicants Providing Necessary Information To Show
Eligibility To Vote</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes meeting the requirement of subsection (a)(1) that an eligible
applicant is registered to vote in an election for Federal office within the
deadlines required under such subsection, the State shall consider an applicant
to have provided a <quote>valid voter registration form</quote> if—</text>
<paragraph id="H3ADD7357238C48EBA378B7C8C6CF5D92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the applicant has
accurately completed the application form and attested to the statement
required by section 9(b)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAA2721FF6DA48378753CEC7D317E3F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of an
applicant who registers to vote online in accordance with section 6A, the
applicant provides a signature in accordance with subsection (c) of such
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H26EBDA5BA29447E6BEE9300424FCB902"><enum>105.</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subsection id="HC2FEAB82B9344993A9FFA92579EA6F37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), the amendments made by this subtitle (other than the amendments
made by section 104) shall take effect January 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BA05A4F80114F0C8CEE01BA8B1D458B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Subject
to the approval of the Election Assistance Commission, if a State certifies to
the Election Assistance Commission that the State will not meet the deadline
referred to in subsection (a) because of extraordinary circumstances and
includes in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the deadline,
subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the reference in such subsection
to <quote>January 1, 2014</quote> were a reference to <quote>January 1,
2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCD1BDFF6E7824BFA94B9EAC523DCB8EE"><enum>B</enum><header>Automated
Registration of Certain Individuals</header>
<section id="HDDDCE9265A184DE4B58AD17F3C289C35"><enum>111.</enum><header>Automated voter
registration</header>
<subsection id="H6D029FC0A67B48BB90455CD601C37B46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of
information by source agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H7391E5E3A22044708137DF39550AC23F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duties of source
agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each source agency
in a State (as defined in subsection (e)) shall, with each application for
services or assistance by an individual, and with each recertification,
renewal, or change of address relating to such services or assistance—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16C9CB43187B44D09284F7577D9E16A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify each such
individual of the substantive qualifications of an elector in the State, using
language approved by the State’s chief election official;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CA2686091B74C07A7C2256CCC10EE46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify each such
individual that there is an opportunity to be registered to vote or update
voter registration, but that voter registration is voluntary, and that neither
registering nor declining to register to vote will in any way affect the
availability of services or benefits, nor be used for other purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B3B7389255F467FA2CF9DD21BC9CA23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require that each
such individual indicate, after considering the substantive qualification of an
elector in the State, whether or not the person wishes to be registered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A4F7199E66A4D899A48A89D559E9DF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that each such individual’s
transaction with the agency cannot be completed until the individual has
indicated whether he or she wishes to register to vote; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD25FD75261864B3896D20A5311A18691"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for each such
individual who consents to using the individual’s records with the source
agency to enable the individual to register to vote under this section, collect
a signed affirmation of eligibility to register to vote in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE17E31648AD438EBD1E31F6E5649D99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No effect on
right to decline voter registration</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle
shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person to decline to be
registered to vote for any reason.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H115FD0CA56A24F04986B0D64E446246D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
information on individuals consenting to voter registration</header>
<paragraph id="H034A7B5B280246F5BC460279580E26D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each individual who notifies the source
agency that the individual consents to voter registration under this section,
the source agency shall transfer to the chief State election official of the
State the following data, to the extent the data is available to the source
agency:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE0A0BEF7CE4407EAD3D70F34C123E08"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The given name or names and surname or
surnames.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD21469E0BB464807A2F13E00F41D01F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Date of
birth.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H961FE59655B04F06BA5E2ADE2F9DF9E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Residential
address.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA93640A452FA4C8B92400694078691C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Mailing
address.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC49BC5142B6476BB3D9BCBF185D4F8F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Signature, in
electronic form.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB19F4DCE1661433EA020131C8112CB72"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Date of the last
change to the information.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13B272E99E49406CB04E1F2E6BBE5CED"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The motor vehicle
driver’s license number.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFDF84E06E0A4090B09C3E4D6A80EF0D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The last four
digits of the Social Security number.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD59BEFC78CE341E98949C4E0ED11D24B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing of
transfer</header><text>The source agency shall transfer the data described in
paragraph (1) to the chief State election official on a daily basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7E582D834142D082783772C0CD227B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The
data transferred under paragraph (1) shall be transferred in a format
compatible with the Statewide computerized voter registration list under
section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5C3FE359E9A4A21B7B222EC11C1D546"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibiting
storage of information</header><text>Any information collected by the source
agency under this section with respect to an individual who consents to
register to vote under this section may not be stored by the source agency in
any form after the information is transferred to the chief State election
official under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H294D8BAE35B8434FA47F1878A8226002"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Registration of
Individuals by Chief State Election Official</header>
<paragraph id="H717FA04F30044DA3A0B5544FDDB7DA57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comparison with
Statewide voter registration list</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receiving information from a source
agency with respect to an individual under subsection (b), the chief State
election official shall determine whether the individual is included in the
computerized Statewide voter registration list established and maintained under
section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81FD1495F5C04847B3A9661C71E16818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration of
individuals not on Statewide list</header><text>If an individual for whom
information is received from a source agency under subsection (b) is eligible
to vote in elections for Federal office in the State and is not on the
computerized Statewide voter registration list, the chief State election
official shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92912BD0C8624143B4504A1B8E26FAD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that the
individual is registered to vote in such elections not later than 5 days after
receiving the information, without regard to whether or not the information
provided by the source agency includes the individual’s signature;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76B641A20CD4489585135F98450BA65A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>update the
Statewide computerized voter registration list to include the individual;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE946DE4893245428E317578CCE6D83D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notify the
individual that the individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal
office in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63DEAAC167C7466191D5A98ABEC0EF34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
information incorrectly provided</header><text>If a source agency provides the
chief State election official with information with respect to an individual
who did not consent to be registered to vote under this section, the chief
State election official shall not take any action to register the individual to
vote, except that no such individual who is already included on the
computerized Statewide voter registration list shall be removed from the list
solely because the information was incorrectly provided under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA20FB85065D4E54B430AC6210C97DA2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No effect on
other means of registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section affects a State’s
obligation to register voters upon receipt of a valid voter registration
application through means provided by National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>), the Internet registration procedure described in
subtitle A, or other valid means.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB57F5A1D4B0947C98D823E8CB38489EC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Individuals in
existing records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later
than January 2015, each individual who is listed in a source agency’s records
and for whom there exists reason to believe the individual is a citizen and not
otherwise ineligible to vote shall be mailed a postage pre-paid return postcard
including a box for the individual to check, together with the statement (in
close proximity to the box and in prominent type), <quote>By checking this box,
I affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, am eligible to vote in this
State, and will be at least eighteen years old by the next general election. I
understand that by checking this box, I will be registered to vote if I am
eligible to vote in the State.</quote>, along with a clear description of the
voting eligibility requirements in the State. The postcard shall also include,
where required for voter registration, a place for the individual’s signature
and designation of party affiliation. An individual who checks the box and
returns the completed postcard postmarked not later than the lesser of the
fifteenth day before an election for Federal office, or the period provided by
State law, shall be registered to vote in that election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC7B9DD1C83A45ABAD6B51A680182318"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Options for
State To require special treatment of individuals registered
automatically</header>
<paragraph id="HFBA0FC3051C74B5F99E8DFF64E74496E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
individuals registering to vote by mail for purposes of first-time voter
identification requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b)(1),
is amended by striking <quote>of 1993</quote> and inserting <quote>of 1993 or
(at the option of the State) was registered automatically under section 111 of
the Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC285BDD490D6429E8917AA7512C6CC66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requiring
signature</header><text>Section 303(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)</external-xref>), as
amended by section 101(b)(2), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35956516DF174E91A1E00119D2110594"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25F7BA287FAD4BC0AD0AFC966E17E469"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F646397C76246A6B3A124B39C6EB3F1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6A64140AFF3A449BAE00C40F657E518E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Option for State
to require signature requirements for first-time voters registered
automatically</header>
<subparagraph id="HC4438CAC96AB4A91B453BDD7C1F08223"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may, in a
uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, require an individual to meet the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<clause id="HE62F724A2B7A474C9992F8B2CE196DB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual was
registered to vote in the State automatically under section 111 of the Voter
Registration Modernization Act of 2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5223AB3D7948405AB12ECA0639DC85C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual
has not previously voted in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE18D689BCB8B48B49877207A7B795129"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An
individual meets the requirements of this subparagraph if—</text>
<clause id="HA9E5F62D8A3C4F788C12798E21C6F67C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an individual who votes in person, the individual provides the
appropriate State or local election official with a handwritten signature;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H789A0340E8B34078AA77DD6ED1F7D2DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual who votes by mail, the individual submits with the ballot a
handwritten signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H525512C5395E4A9D8C040F59DEA25572"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual who is—</text>
<clause id="H22D777D50D60400483632756FFE16C3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entitled to vote
by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H5FF5A79AB0644942B21C8A4880B7D34C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provided the
right to vote otherwise than in person under section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F86E7E5861E4F2495F4DC1A9BF93792"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>entitled to vote
otherwise than in person under any other Federal
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC81C95CEDD7A435780D908FCA1025B34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b)(3), is amended by
striking <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections
(b)(5) and (b)(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8C1056EEA924F64BF278DC9A8645E4B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Source agencies
described</header>
<paragraph id="HF9C3898687E04EDA84951B66902C8A3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any
State, a <quote>source agency</quote> is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H568CA347EDBB44138F0CE864BD337124"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each State office
which is described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69B069D002144AEEA9B2829F36ACF298"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each Federal
office which is described in paragraph (3) which is located in the State,
except that such office shall be a source agency only with respect to
individuals who are residents of the State in which the office is
located.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6907EF021174AAB8A2670249DE4007E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State offices
described</header>
<subparagraph id="HFEA6BF49CF4D4860845EA6129F3A355D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State offices
described in this paragraph are as follows:</text>
<clause id="H38E9E9E0A86B407495C180DA97E550F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State motor vehicle authority.</text>
</clause><clause id="H03C8F7D3553B4395920D30147627BC9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Each office in
the State which is designated as a voter registration agency in a State
pursuant to section 7(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)).</text>
</clause><clause id="H60F480A0797F40878D0D3ED51C4E9035"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Each State
agency that administers a program providing assistance pursuant to pursuant to
title III of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/501">42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="H8702E032D0384EC5A53AE63C6923F68E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Each State agency
primarily responsible for maintaining identifying information for students
enrolled at public secondary schools in the State, including, where applicable,
the State agency responsible for maintaining the education data system
described in section 6401(e)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C.
9871(e)(2)).</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5DE897F4A444A31BF797D96C45769F2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>In
the case of a State in which an individual disenfranchised by a criminal
conviction may become eligible to vote upon completion of criminal sentence or
any part thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, the State agency
responsible for administering that sentence, or part thereof, or that
restoration of rights.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3BA4C686CAEC4ED3A959049FF21D99F9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>In
the case of a State in which an individual disenfranchised by adjudication of
mental incompetence or similar condition becomes eligible to register to vote
upon the restoration of competence or similar condition, each State agency
responsible for determining when competence or a similar condition is
met.</text>
</clause><clause id="H40528B69F4D9451B9FF74875BB483F4E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Such other
office which may be designated as a source agency by the chief State election
official of the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A86FCD423534E1E8A79A6667DBD8DA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria for
designation of additional source agencies</header><text>In designating offices
of the State as source agencies for purposes of subparagraph (A)(vii), the
chief State election official shall give priority on the basis of the following
criteria:</text>
<clause id="H1B85F68737FC4183A3AAEC429F6512FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
extent to which individuals receiving services or assistance from the office
are likely to be individuals who are eligible to register to vote in elections
for Federal office in the State but who are not registered to vote in such
elections.</text>
</clause><clause id="H30CD5D7C3C144C5B844EB3A5D5F03661"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
accuracy of the office’s records with respect to identifying information
(including age, citizenship status, and residency) for individuals receiving
services or assistance from the office.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEA743A185D8F4C41B80767CB5A235C1D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The
cost-effectiveness of obtaining such identifying information and transmitting
the information to the chief State election official.</text>
</clause><clause id="H349250DD07264D72BB4EA1B65C4F2AE3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The
extent to which the designation of the office as a voter registration agency
will promote the registration of eligible individuals to vote in elections for
Federal office in the State and the accuracy of the State’s Statewide
computerized voter registration list under the Help America Vote Act of
2002.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AB2AAAED4C843DA9A8B4C6997788EAB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal offices
described</header><text>The Federal offices described in this paragraph are as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AAE0422760E4133A855A5570559CC1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Armed Forces recruitment offices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F74048BD50A451382E94BF7E88B48A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, but only with respect to
individuals who complete the naturalization process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1EAF233529B44D5B10661AC2C7F96B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Social
Security Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H554B8A4E23AE4D78BA092834D9BFB468"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Administrative
Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the
United States Probation Service, but only with respect to individuals
completing terms of prison, sentences, probation, or parole.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8F92EF479D54DBA92B5282D0114DA57"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Department of
Veterans Affairs, but only with respect to individuals applying for or using
health care services or services for homeless individuals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H182C1A64F436430EA2AB30DF7D80F843"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Defense
Manpower Data Center of the Department of Defense.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA15B659172A04633B84F779611362C92"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Indian Health
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DE0C3FFC93E4D8398705BB5C461B867"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human
Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AFAA49D1B104E5B84770973A83C241A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Any other Federal
office which designated by a State (with the consent of the President) as a
source agency with respect to the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H88BA86BB3E8E431EB830A7B1C1A64172"><enum>112.</enum><header>List
maintenance, privacy, and security</header>
<subsection id="H7153FEEBF9FC4732A15447D6FC7BC49C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database
management standards</header>
<paragraph id="H6E9642BB58D74DBC9BBAEADB0708ACA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Database
matching standards</header><text>The chief State election official of each
State shall establish standards governing the comparison of data on the
Statewide computerized voter registration list under section 303 of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002, the data provided by various source agencies under
section 111, and relevant data from other sources, including the specific data
elements and data matching rules to be used for purposes of determining—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA907860841EA440DB76C10D44E372FC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether a data record from any source
agency represents the same individual as a record in another source agency or
on the Statewide list;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E221D24877D4BE6BE691DC57ACCBDA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether a data
record from any source agency represents an individual already registered to
vote in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AFF1A1B887E42448036CCAF1289B6C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether two data
records in the Statewide computerized voter registration list represent
duplicate records for the same individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H737FA43FBC064392903051E673538333"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether a data
record supplied by any list maintenance source represents an individual already
registered to vote in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H027FE6CE600640829488D15AB6427020"><enum>(E)</enum><text>which information
will be treated as more current and reliable when data records from multiple
sources present information for the same individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6119B08A60414B76A47925B41538EF65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for
determining ineligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
chief State election official of a State shall establish uniform and
non-discriminatory standards describing the specific conditions under which an
individual will be determined for list maintenance purposes to be ineligible to
vote in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EBF532345B64DDA9FB228EF9984D0AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Privacy and
security standards</header>
<paragraph id="H1444A0F121334A2C80AD837E1AB3D913"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Privacy and
security policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief
State election official of a State shall publish and enforce a privacy and
security policy specifying each class of users who shall have authorized access
to the computerized Statewide voter registration list, specifying for each such
class the permission and levels of access to be granted, and setting forth
other safeguards to protect the privacy and security of the information on the
list. Such policy shall include security safeguards to protect personal
information in the data transfer process under section 111, the online or
telephone interface, the maintenance of the voter registration database, and
audit procedure to track individual access to the system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H036A7A197E5149049821616E81DC7443"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No unauthorized
access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief election
official of a State shall establish policies and enforcement procedures to
prevent unauthorized access to or use of the computerized Statewide voter
registration list, any list or other information provided by a source agency
under section 111, or any maintenance source for the list. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit access to information required for
official purposes for purposes of voter registration, election administration,
and the enforcement of election laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H422ECF5631E144CDA75F9FAB30399AFF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inter-agency
transfers</header>
<subparagraph id="H8E3903443F074F8FA6D8FDD84FE01155"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief election
official of a State shall establish policies and enforcement procedures to
maintain security during inter-agency transfers of information required or
permitted under this subtitle. Each State agency and third party participating
in such inter-agency transfers of information shall facilitate and comply with
such policies. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent a source agency under
section 111 from establishing and enforcing additional security measures to
protect the confidentiality and integrity of inter-agency data transfers. No
State or local election official shall transfer or facilitate the transfer of
information from the computerized Statewide voter registration list to any
source agency under section 111.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E2DF7A5CD1D4ED3B3952621371B2A07"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transmission
through secure third parties permitted</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent a source agency under section 111 from contracting with a third
party to assist in the transmission of data to a chief State election official,
so long as the data transmission complies with the applicable requirements of
this subtitle, including the privacy and security provisions of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA144F28DB2343818384C8E79D4A07F4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Records
retention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall establish standards and procedures to
maintain all election records required for purposes of this subtitle, including
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of persons casting provisional
ballots under section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Records for
individuals who have been retained on the computerized Statewide voter
registration list under section 301 of such Act but identified as ineligible to
vote in an election for Federal office within the State, or removed from the
list due to ineligibility, shall be maintained and kept available until at
least the date of the second general election for Federal office that occurs
after the date that the individual was identified as ineligible.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF91F076FFEA74DA6A9C99DC616F9D01A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of
standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall publish on the official’s website the
standards established under this section, and shall make those standards
available in written form upon public request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4A0DAF0495DA4699B340A76A621079CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of
source information</header><text>The identity of the specific source agency
through which an individual consented to register to vote under section 111
shall not be disclosed to the public and shall not be retained after the
individual is added to the computerized Statewide voter registration
list.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6EAF75E21064A619438296130D5886C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Confidentiality
of information</header><text>The chief State election official of a State shall
establish policies and enforcement procedures to ensure that personal
information provided by source agencies or otherwise transmitted under this
section is kept confidential and is available only to authorized users. For
purposes of these policies and procedures, the term <term>personal
information</term> means any of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H78C00CC1C85147B2AA9D3C50B1913D98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any portion of an
individual’s Social Security number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE121B940A4E44861B37DA0A64657684E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any portion of an
individual’s motor vehicle driver’s license number or State identification card
number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H411418693BFC4A44986E08E108BB7034"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An individual’s
signature.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA54D3BE694D346D0A32AECA203EBB744"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An individual’s
personal residence and contact information (in the case of individuals with
respect to whom such information is required to be maintained as confidential
under State law).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H565162DC8A0E48208EC50939C406B3DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sensitive information relating to persons
in categories designated confidential by Federal or State law, including
victims of domestic violence or stalking, prosecutors and law enforcement
personnel, and participants in a witness protection program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DD066ED171742A1B482FA76396F6E2F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An individual’s
phone number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C0615A4CE434D8DA602F2C62E49A52F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>An individual’s
email address.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90A87657DE274998A1BC23581221DBFD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Any indication of
an individual’s status as a citizen or noncitizen of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF293830D77C04F478090BEA73DE7AE25"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Such other
information as the chief State election official may designate as confidential
to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent identity theft or impersonation,
except that the chief State election official may not designate as confidential
under this subparagraph the name, address, or date of registration of an
individual, or, where applicable, the self-identified racial or ethnic category
of the individual as applicable under Revisions to OMB Directive Number 15 or
successor directives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD95F89F86CB4D1398B015F150C2F4D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protections
against liability of individuals on basis of information transferred</header>
<paragraph id="H4E1CFA1D4AED440A8AD9F348F0B89736"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No individual
liability for registration of ineligible individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual who is not eligible to
register to vote in elections for Federal office is registered to vote in such
elections by a chief State election official under section 111, the individual
shall not be subject to any penalty, including the imposition of a fine or term
of imprisonment, adverse treatment in any immigration or naturalization
proceeding, or the denial of any status under immigration laws, under any law
prohibiting an individual who is not eligible to register to vote in elections
for Federal office from registering to vote in such elections. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to waive the liability of any individual who
knowingly provides false information to any person regarding the individual’s
eligibility to register to vote or vote in elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23DED33BFA1E40C5B77B9A328438D6BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibiting use
of information by officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person acting under color of law may use
the information received by the chief State election official under section 111
to attempt to determine the citizenship status of any individual for
immigration enforcement, criminal law enforcement (other than enforcement of
election laws), or any purpose other than voter registration, election
administration, or the enforcement of election laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6E555CD11504CEF97D4696B20B64351"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on
transfer of information irrelevant to administration of elections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No source agency shall transmit any
information under section 111 which is irrelevant to the administration of
elections. To the extent that an election official receives any information
which is accidentally or inadvertently transferred by a source agency under
such section, the official shall immediately delete the information from the
official’s records.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF3F0C35380F494181FECE45BC67986A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Restriction on
use of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
information relating to an individual’s absence from the Statewide voter
registration list under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 or an
individual’s declination to supply information for voter registration purposes
to a source agency under section 111 may be disclosed to the public for
immigration enforcement, criminal law enforcement other than enforcement of
laws against election crimes, or used for any purpose other than voter
registration, election administration, or the enforcement of election
laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9553208F0666439E8CDBA2D3FB4D7FEB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person acting under color of law may
discriminate against any individual on the basis of the individual’s absence
from the Statewide voter registration list, the information supplied by the
individual for voter registration purpose to a source agency under section 111,
or the individual’s declination to supply such information, except as required
for purposes of voter registration, election administration, and the
enforcement of election laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCDE1E1BBDE35452BB517C753F5197718"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on
the use of voter registration information for commercial or non-Governmental
purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voter registration
information collected under this subtitle shall not be used for commercial
purposes including for comparison with any existing commercial list or
database.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7C79F216BC74A759A7128A3053EF309"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Whoever
knowingly uses information or permits information to be used in violation of
this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, fined under title
18, United States Code, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC8D01EDCD354CD8985B454E67D2E22F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Exclusion from
lists of individuals declining registration</header><text>The chief State
election official of a State shall ensure that, with respect to any individual
who declines the opportunity to register to vote under section 111, the
individual’s information is not included on the computerized Statewide voter
registration list under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and is
not provided to any third party (except to the extent required under other
law). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude an individual
who has previously declined the opportunity to register to vote from
subsequently registering to vote.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H64F4ED78C7CA4E54A21D1BA7180973F3"><enum>113.</enum><header>Promoting
accuracy of Statewide voter registration lists</header>
<subsection id="H791AFA80ACFE4334920B89F13ECA2257"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadlines for
transmittal of change of address or other identifying information</header>
<paragraph id="HEE372ECFA7B943219D1E97A7E7E2E74A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information
received by State motor vehicle authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(d) of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-3">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–3(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39D62D112FC241D9BE1A816E4CF40FBD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H901EFEBA445248CCAAA06F4F5B7F4B7F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Automatic
transmittal of change of address or other identifying
information</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after receiving a change of
address form or any other information indicating that identifying information
with respect to an individual which is included in the records of the State
motor vehicle authority has been changed, the State motor vehicle authority
shall transmit such form or other information to the chief State election
official, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H71162766C3254F359C09E9F3FCDEF5C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the records of the
authority include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF31B641B787421196A9C0FEBB2B84D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the individual
states on the form or otherwise indicates that the change of address or other
information is not for voter registration
purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AB8381C5E5944369EF9E02C746BB6D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information
received by other voter registration agencies</header><text>Section 7 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-5">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H354A2E21A7A3477E93F2E96F3D49E367" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA485C9FDF9AA4E01A5235C9B22E212EC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Automatic
transmittal of change of address or other identifying
information</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after receiving a change of
address form or any other information indicating that identifying information
with respect to an individual which is included in the records of a voter
registration agency designated under this section has been changed, the
appropriate official of such agency shall transmit such form or other
information to the chief State election official, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5A08D626C3949EEB6BAAFF020D8FEBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the records of the
agency include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E561388B387415996D5BC7F8E026BB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual states on the form or
otherwise indicates that the change of address or other information is not for
voter registration
purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H807DC774721140348F13EFB820F81298"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
received from source agencies</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after
receiving a change of address form or any other information indicating that
identifying information with respect to an individual which is included in the
records of a source agency designated under section 111 has been changed, the
appropriate official of such agency shall transmit such form or other
information to the chief State election official, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66F6C578EFF94E02820EE3CF724DEEA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the records of the
agency include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27A3356C4AF54E3A98D4C67C4C5783DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual
states on the form or otherwise indicates that the change of address or other
information is not for voter registration purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C194F5CE7E644EDB3F179759B011633"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revision of
Statewide computerized list To reflect revised
information</header><text>Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 102(a), is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE27F7824B815479BA7721A3747618DAD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H19CEE836A599480585349836604EC511"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Revision of list
to reflect information received from other State offices</header>
<subparagraph id="H8D50B66F37F4496685078E0EB48B49A4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State motor
vehicle authority (pursuant to section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993) a voter registration agency (designated under section 7 of such
Act), or a source agency (designated under section 111 of the Voter
Registration Modernization Act of 2013) transmits to the chief State election
official a change of address form or any other information indicating that
identifying information with respect to an individual has been changed, the
appropriate State or local election official shall—</text>
<clause id="H3563F4F4B6D4489E845FB6A33FB6F715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether
the individual appears on the computerized list established under this section;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B88BA3DD9E245D3A30F678B6D343A4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the individual
appears on the list, revise the information relating to the individual on the
list to reflect the individual’s new address or other changed identifying
information.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE237593ADE64B28BF9EDBC9E8C575C7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification to
voters</header><text>If an election official revises any voter registration
information on the computerized list with respect to any voter (including
removing the voter from the list), immediately after revising the information,
the official shall send the individual a written notice of the revision which
includes the following information:</text>
<clause id="H49BB64503E964925815E0BEA4DBB8269"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The voter’s name,
date of birth, and address, as reflected in the revised information on the
computerized list.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBD3413B8667496FB48035089CCA06B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
statement that the voter’s voter registration information has been
updated.</text>
</clause><clause id="H59B9FB5A4FF64EE99C132D6C6D5D1545"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Information on
how to correct information on the computerized list.</text>
</clause><clause id="H09085E057F20470D9037D91D241862BC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A
statement of the eligibility requirements for registered voters in the
State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E3EB2AC4E9F4D88A243F0162543D472"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement (in larger font size than the
other statements on the notice) that it is illegal for an individual who does
not meet the eligibility requirements for registered voters in the State to
vote in an election in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE4EDDE234B64FBD86D214B34F7D5784"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A
statement that the voter may terminate the voter’s status as a registered voter
in the State, or request a change in the voter’s voter registration
information, at any time by contacting the appropriate State or local election
official, together with contact information for such official (including any
website through which the voter may contact the official or obtain information
on voter registration in the State).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6143AB1A7394CAB9D482C2391DCC05C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of
electronic mail</header><text>If an election official has an electronic mail
address for any voter to whom the official is required to send a written notice
under this paragraph, the official may meet the requirements of this paragraph
by sending the notice to the voter in electronic form at that address, but only
if prior to sending the notice, the official sends a test electronic mail to
the voter at that address and receives confirmation that the address is current
and
valid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA04B059A345947E6BC18CE0F253EDD46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to elections occurring during 2014 or any succeeding year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA6938A19928346A4912C6DD2F9E0D9DF"><enum>114.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="H5CC87642495C4D998ABFB72CFAF7B321"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chief State
election official</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
subtitle, the <quote>chief State election official</quote> means, with respect
to a State, the individual designated by the State under section 10 of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-8">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–8</external-xref>) to be responsible
for coordination of the State’s responsibilities under such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC47A4EB93411455DA330A2AC49FF155D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subtitle, a <quote>State</quote>
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, but does not include any State in which, under a
State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this
Act, there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the State
with respect to elections for Federal office.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0C6DFDAA135A46F5A5253E8649CFBB5B"><enum>115.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle and the
amendments made by this subtitle shall apply with respect to the regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2014 and each
succeeding election for Federal office.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H91254736E7A54FD2BDD6B0ED86373119"><enum>C</enum><header>Other initiatives
To promote voter registration</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H416867A8E39445FD8DD7B09931A7BF51" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>Same day
registration</header>
<subsection id="H717C0FE126544CF1AAB6EB2146E5C678"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15481 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H343A4350C9DC4C7DBFD05727048A0F7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 and 306; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CF57FF2D7C04EB3A7421176B970FB9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 303 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H49495583073F4E919569218286399E5C" style="OLC">
<section id="H87E749DC10054083A46A9419A746BF80"><enum>304.</enum><header>Same day
registration</header>
<subsection id="HB9CB6C52EAA344389C321F9F332B7553"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HC16F23AD5134469A9C991ADBE150C3E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
1973gg–6), each State shall permit any eligible individual on the day of a
Federal election and on any day when voting, including early voting, is
permitted for a Federal election—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7895C41EF13E45E3B09B51CABBE50C98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to register to
vote in such election at the polling place using a form that meets the
requirements under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(or, if the individual is already registered to vote, to revise any of the
individual’s voter registration information); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBDDF37FAC36429D8C5AE49D2A7C3484"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to cast a vote in
such election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H109353992CB845DCBB782AE13CB40563"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
requirements under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, under a
State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this
section, there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the
State with respect to elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H49054C8AA5C24F0BA625C5044C1A73AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
individual</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>eligible
individual</term> means, with respect to any election for Federal office, an
individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in that election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H438E67AC05884BB7BEA857056B0425ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements
of subsection (a) for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal
office occurring in November 2014 and for any subsequent election for Federal
office.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74B0AA2A15F4437AB85C16D861F31FE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>sections 301, 302, and 303</quote> and inserting
<quote>subtitle A of title III</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7927F8FD2C534B3396C4F87C329450E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9CBC7FEC343A4D0DA4F4029965D1319C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA520DDFE0DB14A72BF9C9A1F43013555"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 303 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H68E8516EC1F04E438052DBCA24A92D48" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="H87E749DC10054083A46A9419A746BF80" level="section">Sec. 304. Same day
registration.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H73F32BCEF0D94E8B9E24E21B7C349625"><enum>122.</enum><header>Acceptance of
voter registration applications from individuals under 18 years of age</header>
<subsection id="H54B82EC8F1344CFE81C7D75788F9C621"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Acceptance of
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6</external-xref>), as amended by
section 104, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEAAAC5BCDF4C47A9BE68F8BBA731DC6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (k) as subsection (l); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37419BE0525241DFB8FA7A4BC3943175"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (j) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5F19294B5474BD4B4D6D5E064B74E75" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H682E85AEFFCF483095BBF4AE43F635E5"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Acceptance of
applications from individuals under 18 years of age</header>
<paragraph id="H242EEC5D80CD4275A4312BAB7573D387"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State may not refuse to accept or process an
individual’s application to register to vote in elections for Federal office on
the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age at the time the
individual submits the application, so long as the individual is at least 16
years of age at such time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CE71F0D3E5B4F35B5B6BF2E25C4D070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No effect on
State voting age requirements</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) may be
construed to require a State to permit an individual who is under 18 years of
age at the time of an election for Federal office to vote in the
election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81347FC79E984EE29DE6A476C74C8E47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to elections occurring on or after January 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7559205B0CC5429EA2AEEED686E2A70A"><enum>123.</enum><header>Annual reports
on voter registration statistics</header>
<subsection id="HD1FD21F3C53E411A8EB0882DE02B10D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days
after the end of each year, each State shall submit to the Election Assistance
Commission and Congress a report containing the following information for the
year:</text>
<paragraph id="H933728902B2A4A79B4EC8B22A065D809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of
individuals who were registered under section 111.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9A59F57CD7B4A93A15812481C1C55CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of voter registration
application forms completed by individuals that were transmitted by motor
vehicle authorities in the State (pursuant to section 5(d) of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993) and voter registration agencies in the State
(as designated under section 7 of such Act) to the chief State election
official of the State, broken down by each such authority and agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8330E86466E944318B45F7B4D7C223F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of such
individuals whose voter registration application forms were accepted and who
were registered to vote in the State and the number of such individuals whose
forms were rejected and who were not registered to vote in the State, broken
down by each such authority and agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D3BDB596E5848B293A439CA02C0D0E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of
change of address forms and other forms of information indicating that an
individual’s identifying information has been changed that were transmitted by
such motor vehicle authorities and voter registration agencies to the chief
State election official of the State, broken down by each such authority and
agency and the type of form transmitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB855E9703DC6487AAA6777E5533CBDB2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of
individuals on the Statewide computerized voter registration list (as
established and maintained under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002) whose voter registration information was revised by the chief State
election official as a result of the forms transmitted to the official by such
motor vehicle authorities and voter registration agencies (as described in
paragraph (3)), broken down by each such authority and agency and the type of
form transmitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDE8F223F64A4A1B944A7A8462E02BC7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The number of
individuals who requested the chief State election official to revise voter
registration information on such list, and the number of individuals whose
information was revised as a result of such a request.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC230D38F425A42F896C7BA9B8D7FA8C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Confidentiality
of information</header><text>In preparing and submitting a report under this
section, the chief State election official shall ensure that no information
regarding the identification of any individual is revealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC9086446C084F05915FB88CA682BE20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>In this section, a <quote>State</quote> includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, but does not include any State in which, under a State law in effect
continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no
voter registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to
elections for Federal office.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H870054DD6FED43A39167D0AE500132DD"><enum>D</enum><header>Availability of
HAVA Requirements Payments</header>
<section id="H155DED1E243F4D0FB4FADD7321D62DD2"><enum>131.</enum><header>Availability of
requirements payments under HAVA to cover costs of compliance with new
requirements</header>
<subsection id="H330B3C87491F435AB9650748BA11A5B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251(b) of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BA9209141534EF890A5DF4CD4059E2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>(2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2), (3), and
(4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B7102D747234D60A71F4926DB16F827"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52FCAF0530F4409BBDB7E7812934AEE6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3A0C83DDCDC44BD082E4386E7F745300"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain voter
registration activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State may use a requirements payment to carry out any of the requirements of
the Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013, including the requirements of
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 which are imposed pursuant to the
amendments made to such Act by the Voter Registration Modernization Act of
2013.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00464F2C33C340AEA343A4FAA3D7B687"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 254(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15404">42 U.S.C. 15404(a)(1)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>section 251(a)(2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 251(b)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H397FF40096C54601980AEF378904CF0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H72F814789CB741C691F9A3813206E7BE"><enum>E</enum><header>Prohibiting
Interference With Voter Registration </header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E84F6961AE54516AE5E8B5CBEC7DF36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Prohibiting
hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration </header>
<subsection id="H2470FA6F02A646A7AD9245F81A656D87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 29 of title
18, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9EF9A6E61A54A2D81F6C29684CDAC46" style="USC">
<section id="H1E12A0779B2A4E2A8989E467A9C2E2CE"><enum>612.</enum><header>Hindering,
interfering with, or preventing registering to vote</header>
<subsection id="H4083199892DD4C6EAB8E4714FFAF7D6F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for any person,
whether acting under color of law or otherwise, to corruptly hinder, interfere
with, or prevent another person from registering to vote or aiding another
person in registering to vote in any election for Federal office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2CD91907359D4536AB0433FBF035C39F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Attempt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who attempts to commit any
offense described in subsection (a) shall be subject to the same penalties as
those prescribed for the offense that the person attempted to commit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC95B422278A4A3D896039706CED9491"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Any
person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 5 years, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H341C537BFE974FA781D9F3A37FF9DF4B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Election for
Federal Office Defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of this section, the term <term>election for Federal office</term>
means a general, special, primary, or runoff election held to nominate or elect
a candidate for the office of President or Vice President, presidential
elector, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, the
Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3009EE38D2C0418B824B4F0407E21D01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/29">chapter 29</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3113888196A480D8026D153118E5726" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">612. Hindering, interfering with, or
preventing registering to
vote.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H80C15AB995FC4221821E9C0369264250"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except
that no person may be found to have violated <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/612">section 612</external-xref> of title 18, United
States Code (as added by subsection (a)) on the basis of any act occurring
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6DC74B7E24EC4AEEA10EC801F2EE701A"><enum>142.</enum><header>Establishment
of best practices</header>
<subsection id="H1BFFAFA4D33E4494A0FBA0C7107C60E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Best
practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance
Commission shall develop and publish recommendations for best practices for
States to use to deter and prevent violations of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/612">section 612</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code (as added by section 141) and section 12 of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-10">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–10</external-xref>) (relating to the unlawful
interference with registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register to
vote or vote), including practices to provide for the posting of relevant
information at polling places and voter registration agencies under such Act,
the training of poll workers and election officials, and relevant educational
materials. For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>State</term>
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFAC19EDD1A294B298B544DB8876D390C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in
voter information requirements</header><text>Section 302(b)(2) of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H45F3F5C0ED484076A9F25791B1EBD1B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H810CE3D3402A4666A72F1C23EC0E605A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (F) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C33DAE323B44A189A91FDEF7722152B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BFBFCDE40FB443D88E8582E4B2048C3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB6A791A6B0B348CABA22C8E32997ED1D"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information relating to the prohibitions of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/612">section 612</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, and section 12 of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-10">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–10</external-xref>) (relating to the unlawful
interference with registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register to
vote or vote), including information on how individuals may report allegations
of violations of such
prohibitions.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Access to Voting
for Individuals With Disabilities</header>
<section id="H17335F8B8F99496D86834FC442E018B2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Requirements
for States to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals
with disabilities</header>
<subsection id="H2C4DEA516B8F4425A44EFA15F091888B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of title III of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 114, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H54AFDE33BEBD4E81A8AA6D1844633A6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD425C100A2E34264BD93EF597259E3DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 304 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF129FF0606243308DCFE2C65072C396" style="OLC">
<section id="HDACF978AE1A546C1A4FFC2C2565AE9F4"><enum>305.</enum><header>Access to voter
registration and voting for individuals with disabilities</header>
<subsection id="H41AEE37D681847DE9F3D9DDF097876B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of
applications and ballots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
State shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H918A63DC08914A6FB26E66B0E1A22183"><enum>(1)</enum><text>permit individuals
with disabilities to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by
absentee ballot in elections for Federal office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBDAAE7604504F47A419DCDD405BF3F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>accept and
process, with respect to any election for Federal office, any otherwise valid
voter registration application and absentee ballot application from an
individual with a disability if the application is received by the appropriate
State election official not less than 30 days before the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B9CDE147ADE424587651048B2F19B2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in addition to any
other method of registering to vote or applying for an absentee ballot in the
State, establish procedures—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E6466C4A79C4B1090F60A481763D6AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for individuals
with disabilities to request by mail and electronically voter registration
applications and absentee ballot applications with respect to elections for
Federal office in accordance with subsection (c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67539FD2E3624160BD2E2DA5831E90CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for States to send
by mail and electronically (in accordance with the preferred method of
transmission designated by the individual under subparagraph (C)) voter
registration applications and absentee ballot applications requested under
subparagraph (A) in accordance with subsection (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA82328A0521D49388657C9104ED86C0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by which such an
individual can designate whether the individual prefers that such voter
registration application or absentee ballot application be transmitted by mail
or electronically;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B991E913B0A4B74A86D34B66BD70A36"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in addition to any
other method of transmitting blank absentee ballots in the State, establish
procedures for transmitting by mail and electronically blank absentee ballots
to individuals with disabilities with respect to elections for Federal office
in accordance with subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40D2C9B1846B444BA90CEF75D8B079BD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>transmit a validly
requested absentee ballot to an individual with a disability—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F1374AC7F76488C9EB6F34AD424C4CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in subsection (e), in the case in which the request is received at least 45
days before an election for Federal office, not later than 45 days before the
election; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19E887DDAC9B40D589C7A51A4EFE55B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case in
which the request is received less than 45 days before an election for Federal
office—</text>
<clause id="H0A3C69BE965840C9B879B1CBBF9629B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
accordance with State law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H40EA2FF98AE145D0A741F5051EB71EA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if practicable
and as determined appropriate by the State, in a manner that expedites the
transmission of such absentee ballot; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A4422DC6D524C98B8761689F212C998"><enum>(6)</enum><text>if the State
declares or otherwise holds a runoff election for Federal office, establish a
written plan that provides absentee ballots are made available to individuals
with disabilities in a manner that gives them sufficient time to vote in the
runoff election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H997DF1DDF9E748E78C94A8AFE506C7BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
single State office To Provide Information on Registration and Absentee Ballot
Procedures for All Disabled Voters in State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall designate a single office
which shall be responsible for providing information regarding voter
registration procedures and absentee ballot procedures to be used by
individuals with disabilities with respect to elections for Federal office to
all individuals with disabilities who wish to register to vote or vote in any
jurisdiction in the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF09F098911B7420FACE754FBA61C5090"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
Means of Electronic Communication for Individuals with Disabilities To Request
and for States To Send Voter Registration Applications and Absentee Ballot
Applications, and for Other Purposes Related to Voting Information</header>
<paragraph id="HF99B130AA4D34FD69ADF864F2AE66F2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall, in addition to the designation of a
single State office under subsection (b), designate not less than one means of
electronic communication—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92F8424AE1D540CCB50BECF2EA0F0EDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for use by
individuals with disabilities who wish to register to vote or vote in any
jurisdiction in the State to request voter registration applications and
absentee ballot applications under subsection (a)(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D294C96A591469B92339316E50CAE67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for use by States
to send voter registration applications and absentee ballot applications
requested under such subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2D2D843107A47198A981A325BCC6DB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the purpose of
providing related voting, balloting, and election information to individuals
with disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9051F3000E924606AD9354C04E9D4A7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification
regarding provision of multiple means of electronic
communication</header><text>A State may, in addition to the means of electronic
communication so designated, provide multiple means of electronic communication
to individuals with disabilities, including a means of electronic communication
for the appropriate jurisdiction of the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3660866E40D344EB8DB31253147BD485"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion of
designated means of electronic communication with informational and
instructional materials that accompany balloting materials</header><text>Each
State shall include a means of electronic communication so designated with all
informational and instructional materials that accompany balloting materials
sent by the State to individuals with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3954591E167D422D81A02F3D3E55FD3F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transmission if
no preference indicated</header><text>In the case where an individual with a
disability does not designate a preference under subsection (a)(3)(C), the
State shall transmit the voter registration application or absentee ballot
application by any delivery method allowable in accordance with applicable
State law, or if there is no applicable State law, by mail.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC767F29FE86F43519EEE93A7EDE40310"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission of
blank absentee ballots by mail and electronically</header>
<paragraph id="HB0B28AB5E96149A495AC69A43D486E6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall establish procedures—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B4FC29C826348E383514A2B15B1761E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to transmit blank
absentee ballots by mail and electronically (in accordance with the preferred
method of transmission designated by the individual with a disability under
subparagraph (B)) to individuals with disabilities for an election for Federal
office; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0254EE25D184E9C93D40709800D1E76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by which the
individual with a disability can designate whether the individual prefers that
such blank absentee ballot be transmitted by mail or electronically.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE050122A60F243B086E3C86FBD76E9F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transmission if
no preference indicated</header><text>In the case where an individual with a
disability does not designate a preference under paragraph (1)(B), the State
shall transmit the ballot by any delivery method allowable in accordance with
applicable State law, or if there is no applicable State law, by mail.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD25A2AD2605F43F1888662C65796B4E8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hardship
Exemption</header>
<paragraph id="H590EBC75602A4E769D2070380BCF1046"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the chief State election official determines that the
State is unable to meet the requirement under subsection (a)(5)(A) with respect
to an election for Federal office due to an undue hardship described in
paragraph (2)(B), the chief State election official shall request that the
Attorney General grant a waiver to the State of the application of such
subsection. Such request shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BABF9B1DEA64E338BCF9C405D197C30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a recognition that
the purpose of such subsection is to individuals with disabilities enough time
to vote in an election for Federal office;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H027DFFA47852401A951FA7E82DE52645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of
the hardship that indicates why the State is unable to transmit such
individuals an absentee ballot in accordance with such subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0509FD68DFBA4F85A1D658F6AEC86954"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of days
prior to the election for Federal office that the State requires absentee
ballots be transmitted to such individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2330550FA7DE45488A5050DAE237B7F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a comprehensive
plan to ensure that such individuals are able to receive absentee ballots which
they have requested and submit marked absentee ballots to the appropriate State
election official in time to have that ballot counted in the election for
Federal office, which includes—</text>
<clause id="H640C3D46B052457289E6AE79AC9731C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the steps the
State will undertake to ensure that such individuals have time to receive,
mark, and submit their ballots in time to have those ballots counted in the
election;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9669E75ADE894F4B9C478E4AEF3782A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>why the plan
provides such individuals sufficient time to vote as a substitute for the
requirements under such subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H68EF49B7A5AD46AC8B9143ADC190412D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the underlying
factual information which explains how the plan provides such sufficient time
to vote as a substitute for such requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H02E2C290EB3A48D990EEB45AE3A6EA54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval of
waiver request</header><text>The Attorney General shall approve a waiver
request under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General determines each of the
following requirements are met:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C4D589B70B14251B4BA251E484EAE9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The comprehensive
plan under subparagraph (D) of such paragraph provides individuals with
disabilities sufficient time to receive absentee ballots they have requested
and submit marked absentee ballots to the appropriate State election official
in time to have that ballot counted in the election for Federal office.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7A7F0D07379432AA96D39DE423E55E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One or more of the
following issues creates an undue hardship for the State:</text>
<clause id="H988990B59A0C4C7B93BA3AABF2C6B8A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The State's
primary election date prohibits the State from complying with subsection
(a)(5)(A).</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FF159E62E954F7B8367B98789F5550A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The State has
suffered a delay in generating ballots due to a legal contest.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6B57E4BBF2547E2BC1052DAF4BE75A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The State
Constitution prohibits the State from complying with such subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F8B313DD01A4573B44039761351AE26"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of
waiver</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C6F57CA0DBE46309877F3928C4DD978"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), a State that
requests a waiver under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Attorney General the
written waiver request not later than 90 days before the election for Federal
office with respect to which the request is submitted. The Attorney General
shall approve or deny the waiver request not later than 65 days before such
election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8B976CF258C4F94A65998A87A7F0C7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
a State requests a waiver under paragraph (1) as the result of an undue
hardship described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), the State shall submit to the
Attorney General the written waiver request as soon as practicable. The
Attorney General shall approve or deny the waiver request not later than 5
business days after the date on which the request is received.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB45A697CABA742C5B72C72BF2FE3D939"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of
waiver</header><text>A waiver approved under paragraph (2) shall only apply
with respect to the election for Federal office for which the request was
submitted. For each subsequent election for Federal office, the Attorney
General shall only approve a waiver if the State has submitted a request under
paragraph (1) with respect to such election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7C17A63EB414B6684EA42440D1F23B0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Individual with
a disability defined</header><text>In this section, an <quote>individual with a
disability</quote> means an individual with an impairment that substantially
limits any major life activities and who is otherwise qualified to vote in
elections for Federal office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85400415E55045B49C116102EBD66707"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall apply with respect to elections for
Federal office held on or after January 1,
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FA0C7836FC84C1AAC3941156339F988"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to issuance of voluntary guidance by election assistance
commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15501">42 U.S.C. 15501(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H12AAD6C7F9B541179B1FC4B4F9D4F409"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF09F7ABCD07A4495A68741E91391EED0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E9A3C9A478E426799F38AAB9EC3FF9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE84E1D4B417E4648A14CECE56D176807" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF5E6291291E447849F0D5AF3ABA2EE46"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the recommendations with
respect to section 305, January 1,
2014.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3F283AD63A5464E878CD8D64E7D4F7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by
section 114(c), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA961C235F0F74070BFAE81BFDF04708E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the items relating to sections 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA857B936B2154088A0974515EAFB6E83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 304 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10D9D18CACC043468BECF4D8B7E27C69" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 305. Access to voter registration and
voting for individuals with disabilities.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3B3E6BFB37048819E2261A730099D66" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Pilot programs for
enabling individuals with disabilities to register to vote and vote privately
and independently at residences</header>
<subsection id="HC62F043C14C34F65B9886154C18E18DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
pilot programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Election
Assistance Commission (hereafter referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>)
shall make grants to eligible States to conduct pilot programs under
which—</text>
<paragraph id="H2170DE1B5CAA42A38A24E738BD897482"><enum>(1)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities may use electronic means (including the Internet and telephones
utilizing assistive devices) to register to vote and to request and receive
absentee ballots, in a manner which permits such individuals to do so privately
and independently at their own residences; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0750610CDAC4CEDABE796A0E1B19EFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities may use the telephone to cast ballots electronically from their
own residences, but only if the telephone used is not connected to the
Internet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC69470E718446C3862D1F68BE562514"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HD73B10C0FD894B26ACE792FD1DD7BF39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State receiving a grant for a year under this section
shall submit a report to the Commission on the pilot programs the State carried
out with the grant with respect to elections for public office held in the
State during the year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE6EBB2ED9594575BA1BF1DE3D11666C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A
State shall submit a report under paragraph (1) not later than 90 days after
the last election for public office held in the State during the year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59E95E77245B4D7FB7E8A3C3A01B9D58"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
State is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the State submits to
the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an
application containing such information and assurances as the Commission may
require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56883E1EEF6D474B833E274F8CFA5F37"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Commission shall make the first grants under this section for pilot programs
which will be in effect with respect to elections for Federal office held in
2014, or, at the option of a State, with respect to other elections for public
office held in the State in 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H375CB06F2D1B450F9D82D5F43389213F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for grants
for pilot programs under this section $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each
succeeding fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7101F7B41F504EF9A15F1B6E2D5E1F58"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99375B5F31524A0F8CD91691DC0C24E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expansion and
reauthorization of grant program to assure voting access for individuals with
disabilities</header>
<subsection id="H46242591F00942AEB38EC45FD220A8EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes of
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 261(b) of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15421">42 U.S.C. 15421(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF16DC019B6424CB2AA90F4C6B3D770DF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE06FDC7F8EA442E693755AD307178A7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">making absentee voting and voting at home
accessible to individuals with the full range of disabilities (including
impairments involving vision, hearing, mobility, or dexterity) through the
implementation of accessible absentee voting systems that work in conjunction
with assistive technologies for which individuals have access at their homes,
independent living centers, or other facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BF72D4110F54BA7B3942352ACA723E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>making polling
places, including the path of travel, entrances, exits, and voting areas of
each polling facility, accessible to individuals with disabilities, including
the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity
for access and participation (including privacy and independence) as for other
voters; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CC9CDF82B1246B09B48207841F20468"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing
solutions to problems of access to voting and elections for individuals with
disabilities that are universally designed and provide the same opportunities
for individuals with and without
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H744481DEA56F4318A126CB7774C36BD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text>Section
264(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15424">42 U.S.C. 15424(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D3DE1CB317C4DDA984296C6D1CF2549" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0380DA02F6F04DDFB9EDEA99F3FFDAA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this
part.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9006531B8FF04786A78FF3B1A34F8941"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of
availability of funds</header><text>Section 264 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15424">42 U.S.C. 15424</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H654808DE313245129EA19C56F223C219"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>Any amounts</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided
in subsection (b), any amounts</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7CCC43B4C047B5ABBBB842A1EFDD95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F355C8B293E4A5889978A4CF56AD0BF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE7C74F056D2F4DD9B9A9454F36897AA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Return and
transfer of certain funds</header>
<paragraph id="HE38AB6F2FFBC45EABE4AD8DDBDD8D64E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline for
obligation and expenditure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
the case of any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection
(a) for a payment to a State or unit of local government for fiscal year 2014
or any succeeding fiscal year, any portion of such amounts which have not been
obligated or expended by the State or unit of local government prior to the
expiration of the 4-year period which begins on the date the State or unit of
local government first received the amounts shall be transferred to the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EA0203529284A91A63B9F85CD7A2515"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reallocation of
transferred amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="H65C3225329F14644AF6C26FAE6F542A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall use the amounts transferred under
paragraph (1) to make payments on a pro rata basis to each covered payment
recipient described in subparagraph (B), which may obligate and expend such
payment for the purposes described in section 261(b) during the 1-year period
which begins on the date of receipt.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41EE10E3D144494793555CD08B187AA7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered payment
recipients described</header><text>In subparagraph (A), a <quote>covered
payment recipient</quote> is a State or unit of local government with respect
to which—</text>
<clause id="H43BF69A58C414A66ADD62B4070E46A14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amounts were
appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (a); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF0A1B77B32B64774A48124C0842EB850"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>no amounts were
transferred to the Commission under paragraph
(1).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Prohibiting
Voter Caging</header>
<section id="HB47238B5A2024ABE8057EAE92646126E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Voter caging
and other questionable challenges prohibited</header>
<subsection id="H65DDF207BF5C4BD19E35B299581D2999"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/29">Chapter 29</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, as amended by
section 141(a), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADE9E8ADD705435D811D8A101A5C1009" style="USC">
<section id="H1069624CB096479C8A20E587CF60DDE2"><enum>613.</enum><header>Voter caging
and other questionable challenges</header>
<subsection id="H25AF2D8E41DC4566BD0B9FF716440399"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAD0DC4512074D4988ED3E8AC4C85C01"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>voter caging document</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE58B0DD0B02444A7B030EC7A0C150CC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonforwardable
document that is returned to the sender or a third party as undelivered or
undeliverable despite an attempt to deliver such document to the address of a
registered voter or applicant; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF289B48E8FD94E618200D03F60FF49EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any document with
instructions to an addressee that the document be returned to the sender or a
third party but is not so returned, despite an attempt to deliver such document
to the address of a registered voter or applicant, unless at least two Federal
election cycles have passed since the date of the attempted delivery;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3744C30F564478A785A91343D80A60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>voter caging list</term> means a list of individuals compiled from voter
caging documents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H476FA7293EF04947BDE022A63365E958"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>unverified match list</term> means a list produced by matching the
information of registered voters or applicants for voter registration to a list
of individuals who are ineligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdiction, by
virtue of death, conviction, change of address, or otherwise; unless one of the
pieces of information matched includes a signature, photograph, or unique
identifying number ensuring that the information from each source refers to the
same individual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEF5C9F81CFF4051946B156390A72256"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition
Against Voter Caging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State
or local election official shall prevent an individual from registering or
voting in any election for Federal office, or permit in connection with any
election for Federal office a formal challenge under State law to an
individual’s registration status or eligibility to vote, if the basis for such
decision is evidence consisting of—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4CEAB6CB18E4A12970FE32C352B3AE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a voter caging
document or voter caging list;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F5307C77D02497E8DCF4EA7FD782DC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an unverified
match list;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB86EA417F39342399E50EA7A3AA7B877"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an error or omission on any record or paper
relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if
such error or omission is not material to an individual’s eligibility to vote
under section 2004 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1971(a)(2)(B)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC43139D14E9240D6928F50964132D035"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other evidence
so designated for purposes of this section by the Election Assistance
Commission,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">except
that the election official may use such evidence if it is corroborated by
independent evidence of the individual’s ineligibility to register or
vote.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H1A1F544E026A4266865243BFC5210390"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for
Challenges by Persons Other Than Election Officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person, other than a State or local
election official, shall submit a formal challenge to an individual’s
eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in
an election for Federal office unless that challenge is supported by personal
knowledge regarding the grounds for ineligibility which is—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBDD418EEE9648B4A9574CEE7BAD5A96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>documented in
writing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34D2F3A7D1FE4F879AD506F0F9EE2EF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to an oath
or attestation under penalty of perjury that the challenger has a good faith
factual basis to believe that the individual who is the subject of the
challenge is ineligible to register to vote or vote in that election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H261F5B045ED5422C873D9DBF33EFBA62"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties for
Knowing Misconduct</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever
knowingly challenges the eligibility of one or more individuals to register or
vote or knowingly causes the eligibility of such individuals to be challenged
in violation of this section with the intent that one or more eligible voters
be disqualified, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1
year, or both, for each such violation. Each violation shall be a separate
offense.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3002C949A6A4CCA8EF93CA74511FC3C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No Effect on
Related Laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section is intended to override the protections of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>) or to affect the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E3CCEA5343849559B83F2E4D2A37B33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/29">chapter 29</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, as amended by section 141(b), is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF746489699354E9DBD65EB00CD3C6F8B" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">613. Voter caging and other questionable
challenges.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H5B0DEF0DA067466083F130EED0EB3C15"><enum>302.</enum><header>Development and
adoption of best practices for preventing voter caging</header>
<subsection id="HC4C6A45B94214746A8E7ABBD365CC5BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Best
practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance
Commission shall develop and publish for the use of States recommendations for
best practices to deter and prevent violations of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/613">section 613</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, as added by section 301(a), including practices to provide
for the posting of relevant information at polling places and voter
registration agencies, the training of poll workers and election officials, and
relevant educational measures. For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6753AE9C0ACE45269F8F4A7283844865"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in
voting information requirements</header><text>Section 302(b)(2) of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(b)(2)</external-xref>), as amended by section 141(b),
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2EC9D050ABEB475FA9FDBFEA3429C5AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FB608670A8E4F4B94FF675E6DDB3C36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE211650629A44BE18803617CDEEAA6BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DB6C9E7ED82446DBC13B058FE2E7C47" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H94DE7C1A53DA4BB8A10F6F440249773B"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information relating to the prohibition
against voter caging and other questionable challenges (as set forth in section
613 of title 18, United States Code), including information on how individuals
may report allegations of violations of such
prohibition.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H679BBBF36C16474AB963F8706BDC4666"><enum>303.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this title or any
amendment made by this title, or the application of a provision to any person
or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this title
and the amendments made by this title, and the application of the provisions to
any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Prohibiting
Deceptive Practices</header>
<section id="H870BFB42BD0442658E7EFC103ACB8EE9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Prohibition on
deceptive practices in Federal elections</header>
<subsection id="H3FBF72C5D9C84018A6B85DD76FF2C9F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 29 of title
18, United States Code, as amended by section 141(a) and section 301(a), is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28B1588178BB4B069EB774A62CB2493C" style="USC">
<section id="HFAAB96ABD9F340BCB3CA4C7853543BFA"><enum>614.</enum><header>False
election-related information in Federal elections</header>
<subsection id="HEBD54FE38D9B4D20AC3BF65FC30766EE"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person, including an election official,
who in any election for Federal office knowingly and willfully deprives,
defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of their
free and fair exercise of the right to vote by the communication of
election-related information that is known by the person to be materially
false, fictitious, or fraudulent shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than 1 year, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B41316FC48C4CC4BD10C474F31AE0C8"><enum>(b)</enum><text>As used in this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="HB917558D90114CAB92A0C52468DC1175"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>election for Federal office</term> means any general, primary, runoff, or
special election for the office of President, Vice President, presidential
elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6F92B6FEBC148E2B7FBE1B2880BE35E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>election-related information</term> means any oral or written
communication regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE2EA49709031448D87CD7087659CE479"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the time or place of an election for
Federal office;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5ADA279C471A45999A7FE05E4822C6D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>criminal penalties
associated with voting in such an election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H171E98E202CA41579E69F2038FD989F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an individual’s
voter registration status or eligibility to vote in such an election; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0F2F992228A481888FF8744DB6C0121"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the explicit
endorsement by any person or organization of a candidate in such an
election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H74EC20F139054C1B8F606D3736E5877A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/29">chapter 29</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code, as amended by section 141(b) and section 301(b), is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC90C9C158F64D73815479B1CD47FB4C" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">614. False election-related information in
Federal
elections.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H4A5113358F534C78ABAC016E84201902"><enum>402.</enum><header>Modification of
penalty for voter intimidation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/594">Section 594</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>5
years</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7904AA75B15C4ABA88022282AA854F8F"><enum>403.</enum><header>Sentencing
guidelines</header>
<subsection id="H850D432029C24F92A352968228124719"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review and
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing
Commission, pursuant to its authority under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/994">section 994</external-xref> of title 28, United
States Code, and in accordance with this section, shall review and, if
appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements
applicable to persons convicted of any offense under any sections of title 18,
United States Code, that are added or modified by this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFB6B987877164D169CFEEBF7A6F1D1C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Sentencing Commission
may, for the purposes of the amendments made pursuant to this title, amend the
Federal sentencing guidelines in accordance with the procedures set forth in
section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/994">28 U.S.C. 994</external-xref> note) as though the
authority under that section had not expired.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0428CFFE9BE485DA079A541CA286BA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Reporting
violations; corrective action</header>
<subsection id="H3A51D62DB76E43779912DA9D340FCEF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person may submit a report to the
Attorney General regarding any violation or possible violation of section 594
or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/614">section 614</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code (as added by section
401(a)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07EC8C87AEA94DF0ACAAB3F8A28F9161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corrective
action</header>
<paragraph id="H394C257C0B654277B94192336FFFE2A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Immediately after receiving a report under subsection
(a), the Attorney General shall consider and review the report, and if the
Attorney General determines that there is a reasonable basis to find that a
violation included in the report has occurred, the Attorney General
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2BD59C6870D443AABA5E251DFEC68FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">undertake all effective measures necessary
to provide correct information to voters affected by the false information;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34EA3A6CB9C1420F891DE65407F49965"><enum>(B)</enum><text>refer the matter
to the appropriate Federal and State authorities for criminal prosecution or
civil action after the election involved.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC67A7C49C1B34CDBBE7234BBF0D9B694"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall promulgate
regulations regarding the methods and means of corrective actions to be taken
under paragraph (1). Such regulations shall be developed in consultation with
the Election Assistance Commission, civil rights organizations, voting rights
groups, State and local election officials, voter protection groups, and other
interested community organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15D1F2683E7543A09AA05B4B2D58239A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Study and report
on methods of disseminating corrective information</header>
<subparagraph id="H9DE6F48A20D24A5398EA599E4AB80D83"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General,
in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the Election
Assistance Commission, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of providing
the corrective information under paragraph (1) through public service
announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public
broadcast.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65794ED5BF5F4899A88F4BE52B49B7EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a
report detailing the results of the study conducted under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA917E11F3C04BBC938CB349D349140B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publicizing
availability of remedies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Attorney General shall make public through the Internet, radio, television, and
newspaper advertisements information on the responsibilities, contact
information, and complaint procedures applicable under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E91A7D8E7AF447990037150F8D8FD53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HFF8E8DA66AB24D3A90F8294880DEA343"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after any election with respect to
which a report has been submitted under subsection (a), the Attorney General
shall submit to Congress a report compiling all such reports submitted under
subsection (a) with respect to that election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D9B89C5A084F42BE55E67376D640CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E012D2DAC204EDC9E9DDD5FE1C1E1CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
include—</text>
<clause id="H57E8B6DFBF794946982E2B38A2687A8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detailed information on specific
allegations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBACDD49368B54819A5EE08725EF599DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>statistical
compilations of how many allegations were made and of what type;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDADC3E1DE64241E8B921BB740B560FA1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geographic
locations of and the populations affected by the alleged violations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA4D85CDD56804D0788ACC9DAEF5A670F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the
status of the investigations of such allegations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9228D41D77CE490CAA5D96A9FB40C355"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any
corrective actions taken in response to such allegations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H68D65AF3581647A1BF583A7CAACE0104"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the
rationale used for any corrective actions or for any refusal to pursue an
allegation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FEF8A6536E648C596E54B369AFC1BD3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the
effectiveness of any such corrective actions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DB6905B46094B80823D95D293E32D2E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>whether a
Voting Integrity Task Force was established with respect to such election, and,
if so, how such task force was staffed and funded;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5ECD7C54CC6C4EDABC3236705BF554B2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>any
referrals of information to other Federal, State, or local agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C7207BBA8F04372A1C22DA708DEACA8"><enum>(x)</enum><text>any
criminal prosecution instituted under title 18, United States Code, in
connection with such allegations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B516735F3FB442AAB6C99693C3D3313"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report made
public</header><text>On the date that the Attorney General submits the report
under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall also make the report publicly
available through the Internet and other appropriate means.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4670826E2FBB4A9CB9BAAF9279F5B673"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of
duties</header>
<paragraph id="HF7CC57032AA84E9A845F4C1A3E7E1C4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of voting
integrity task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Attorney General shall delegate the responsibilities under this section with
respect to a particular election to a Voting Integrity Task Force established
by the Attorney General for such purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC76F0D94F3DE4142BAD33D527F82562A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Voting Integrity Task Force established
under paragraph (1) shall be under the direction of the Assistant Attorney
General for the Civil Rights Division and the Assistant Attorney General for
the Criminal Division, acting jointly.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Democracy
Restoration</header>
<section id="H33B9937341664B10A9B2BEBBFAC2B267"><enum>501.</enum><header>Rights of
citizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The right of an
individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for
Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been
convicted of a criminal offense unless such individual is serving a felony
sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the
election.</text>
</section><section id="H22DDDDE5FD1D46EC9FB69AA1C1DA54A0"><enum>502.</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H6FFE789160CB48A8A76B17D9995DE249"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Attorney
general</header><text>The Attorney General may, in a civil action, obtain such
declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy a violation of this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5111CD5CF22449ACBA6F90EC5CED9269"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private right of
action</header>
<paragraph id="HC91A603A78E043CDB3680FB275ACD3E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
person who is aggrieved by a violation of this title may provide written notice
of the violation to the chief election official of the State involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C96653761349F1937FE226DADF1475"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (3), if the violation is not corrected within 90 days after
receipt of a notice under paragraph (1), or within 20 days after receipt of the
notice if the violation occurred within 120 days before the date of an election
for Federal office, the aggrieved person may, in a civil action, obtain
declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H725EA4101FEA4C20AB361AA8D49C6014"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If the violation
occurred within 30 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the
aggrieved person need not provide notice to the chief election official of the
State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil action to obtain declaratory
or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E3CA45E992242459CDA396D7981EB16" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Notification of
restoration of voting rights</header>
<subsection id="HB6DECFD08E5A4C06AD284F912277B561"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
notification</header>
<paragraph id="H5F3559E6C0BD4024A6768C8437D7E030"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>On
the date determined under paragraph (2), each State shall notify in writing any
individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the law of that
State that such individual has the right to vote in an election for Federal
office pursuant to this title and may register to vote in any such
election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H026068FA50CB410EA59EEFBA6553F8C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of
notification</header>
<subparagraph id="H8AC3A7C2C92B4111B22A7DEE9786BDB0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Felony
conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been
convicted of a felony, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be
given on the date on which the individual—</text>
<clause id="HFD4F244B2BA54305984F89FECA6C3C6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
sentenced to serve only a term of probation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HB75EDE48A47F43B4A636770132014DA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
released from the custody of that State (other than to the custody of another
State or the Federal Government to serve a term of imprisonment for a felony
conviction).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4E64DB18D424404A07D0991136B9E90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Misdemeanor
conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been
convicted of a misdemeanor, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall
be given on the date on which such individual is sentenced by a State
court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB4BFBE0D9F8C479F8C3BEF240D9C6FBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
notification</header>
<paragraph id="HEC5B56E57DDE4CE2BDD7F4FA18AFD572"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>On
the date determined under paragraph (2), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons
shall notify in writing any individual who has been convicted of a criminal
offense under Federal law that such individual has the right to vote in an
election for Federal office pursuant to this title and may register to vote in
any such election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8779C959A9EF4A439D3ABDA6ECE67A4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of
notification</header>
<subparagraph id="H1307C0DD42DF41A2AFC5A71C7014B553"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Felony
conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been
convicted of a felony, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be
given on the date on which the individual—</text>
<clause id="H9AA7A3EA5AD84595A9623168BA558068"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
sentenced to serve only a term of probation by a court established by an Act of
Congress; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H79FA2FBB8D404896A6933A2573C9B96B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
released from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (other than to the custody
of a State to serve a term of imprisonment for a felony conviction).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1921CB0A8784DFBADC1407362E22374"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Misdemeanor
conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been
convicted of a misdemeanor, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall
be given on the date on which such individual is sentenced by a State
court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49C7431FCE2F48E3B0E835FBD9322312" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H57E86C22B39341EBA1039F494BFBC126"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Correctional
institution or facility</header><text>The term <term>correctional institution
or facility</term> means any prison, penitentiary, jail, or other institution
or facility for the confinement of individuals convicted of criminal offenses,
whether publicly or privately operated, except that such term does not include
any residential community treatment center (or similar public or private
facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFF2FA420C88419593EA5CA814782B2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text>The
term <term>election</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF262B4B17EC44B7B5804777AC08142A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a general,
special, primary, or runoff election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB17B2DF39D604A06A7710BA76CEBF56F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a convention or
caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FFB9E86E5F8451DB68CB55BBF43BD60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a primary election
held for the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a
political party; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE16FA4953036429486F8BE92C3853C7F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a primary election
held for the expression of a preference for the nomination of persons for
election to the office of President.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H800C9E8A3A4E4D8396A968FC90968A1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal
office</header><text>The term <term>Federal office</term> means the office of
President or Vice President of the United States, or of Senator or
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C828394ED6B42B3A848129280BA2799"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Probation</header><text>The
term <term>probation</term> means probation, imposed by a Federal, State, or
local court, with or without a condition on the individual involved
concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD2015042E1F452F9352312368C8BCB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual’s
freedom of movement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8581BDCA2FD4A8E99D3F2B1E4C817A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment of
damages by the individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5EB6CA71CD0499AA07A2D106146AE89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>periodic reporting
by the individual to an officer of the court; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03D84A882BA44893B9BA0803BBF2C833"><enum>(D)</enum><text>supervision of the
individual by an officer of the court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD139F47E93A347D1B8C22F908E6C3305" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header>Relation to other
laws</header>
<subsection id="H63B8A313B9F949C6B7DB77B8AC9910C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State laws
relating to voting rights</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
construed to prohibit the States from enacting any State law which affords the
right to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less restrictive than
those established by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA81BFB6BC8C24E41933787A9B71ED3FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain Federal
Acts</header><text>The rights and remedies established by this title are in
addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and neither rights
and remedies established by this title shall supersede, restrict, or limit the
application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973">42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.</external-xref>) or the
National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 1973–gg).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F74BE24CCF2437B8A07B67B83AA9831" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header>Federal prison
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No State, unit of local
government, or other person may receive or use, to construct or otherwise
improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal grant
amounts unless that person has in effect a program under which each individual
incarcerated in that person’s jurisdiction who is a citizen of the United
States is notified, upon release from such incarceration, of that individual’s
rights under section 501.</text>
</section><section id="H292C9A8B981D43DB98A373D3E84C3D42"><enum>507.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall apply to
citizens of the United States voting in any election for Federal office held
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Accuracy,
Integrity, and Security of Elections</header>
<section id="HE00F58B7F224492085D7580908B8C36D"><enum>600.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of
2013</quote>.</text>
</section><subtitle id="H152E71ED8AA54FA4BC63006C151C0A8D"><enum>A</enum><header>Promoting
accuracy, integrity, and security through voter-Verified permanent paper
ballot</header>
<section id="H58B63C63100C457BA76448A825BF3E3B"><enum>601.</enum><header>Paper ballot
and manual counting requirements</header>
<subsection id="HDB81FFAD093F4E89B6C0709E17F0C150"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE83CA5C3BFAF44B98313B5E818CE9C03">
<paragraph id="HE97BBC7C01A942E285B00F97A7198468"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Paper ballot
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H69ED2D40C02E418B9A6227792C73EBA0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voter-verified
paper ballots</header>
<clause id="HEC85B7DB2C564434B8E5550D18F274E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Paper ballot
requirement</header><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB20C0BBA6AE742EE84F5E56223C3E2F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The voting system shall require the use of
an individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot of the voter’s vote that
shall be marked and made available for inspection and verification by the voter
before the voter’s vote is cast and counted, and which shall be counted by hand
or read by an optical character recognition device or other counting device.
For purposes of this subclause, the term <term>individual, durable,
voter-verified, paper ballot</term> means a paper ballot marked by the voter by
hand or a paper ballot marked through the use of a nontabulating ballot marking
device or system, so long as the voter shall have the option to mark his or her
ballot by hand.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H911AF64F98F746BCB418B78F053561BE" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any error
on the paper ballot before the permanent voter-verified paper ballot is
preserved in accordance with clause (ii).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H324BD1917FC84DA9A604A0C14531945C" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The voting system shall not preserve
the voter-verified paper ballots in any manner that makes it possible, at any
time after the ballot has been cast, to associate a voter with the record of
the voter’s vote without the voter’s consent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFECA8AFCB6D0436EA5BC87D797303A04"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Preservation as
official record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot used in accordance with
clause (i) shall constitute the official ballot and shall be preserved and used
as the official ballot for purposes of any recount or audit conducted with
respect to any election for Federal office in which the voting system is
used.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C8D7322BDE643F989A215E305677E14"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Manual
counting requirements for recounts and audits</header><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8129BCF0AAF440C3975845E2AC9AB2E9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Each paper ballot used
pursuant to clause (i) shall be suitable for a manual audit, and shall be
counted by hand in any recount or audit conducted with respect to any election
for Federal office.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H512E65A4E6DF46DD9BCA78FD3C7C533F" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
the event of any inconsistencies or irregularities between any electronic vote
tallies and the vote tallies determined by counting by hand the individual,
durable, voter-verified, paper ballots used pursuant to clause (i), and subject
to subparagraph (B), the individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballots
shall be the true and correct record of the votes cast.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3E23B4CD43CE4350B93386F7B985331F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Application to
all ballots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements
of this subparagraph shall apply to all ballots cast in elections for Federal
office, including ballots cast by absent uniformed services voters and overseas
voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and other
absentee voters.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18D8C95847874080993FBC59A2E711CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for
treatment of disputes when paper ballots have been shown to be
compromised</header>
<clause id="HD2C5B52A4F1441B780B6F4CD8E41A065"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the event that—</text>
<subclause id="H43E7D65FA5B4410D9D8735DD7CF856B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is any inconsistency between any
electronic vote tallies and the vote tallies determined by counting by hand the
individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballots used pursuant to
subparagraph (A)(i) with respect to any election for Federal office; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBA2A38DE85A24E1D98DB7180F7351121"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is demonstrated by clear and convincing
evidence (as determined in accordance with the applicable standards in the
jurisdiction involved) in any recount, audit, or contest of the result of the
election that the paper ballots have been compromised (by damage or mischief or
otherwise) and that a sufficient number of the ballots have been so compromised
that the result of the election could be changed,</text>
</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">the
determination of the appropriate remedy with respect to the election shall be
made in accordance with applicable State law, except that the electronic tally
shall not be used as the exclusive basis for determining the official certified
result.</continuation-text></clause><clause id="H4D470B6BC0D74AE1A5CFA4BE30582198"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rule for
consideration of ballots associated with each voting machine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of clause (i), only the paper
ballots deemed compromised, if any, shall be considered in the calculation of
whether or not the result of the election could be changed due to the
compromised paper
ballots.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5748B47293940FE92038B6F428F0E78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment clarifying applicability of alternative language
accessibility</header><text>Section 301(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15481(a)(4)) is amended by inserting <quote>(including the paper ballots
required to be used under paragraph (2))</quote> after <quote>voting
system</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E90BC27A7BC482A880A562A4DA9BABD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 301(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E5825FF53A144FA8233E548B68A4ACA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in
accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21E55781047B4DF7946FABBFE16AB990"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in
accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6696E8E059940B5B7FC331883FDD508"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(iii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF69840219BAB4039B61A5E11F48AC49D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in
accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H90AA2C429AAD4B2E846C8A4D03064DE3"><enum>602.</enum><header>Accessibility
and ballot verification for individuals with disabilities</header>
<subsection id="H02E4BD582A50440D86D25C67F0F7521F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 301(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB29BF22C9544F479472B41E88C08ADC" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HAD38922A4B694D8EA0E44DF5E9B5CA12"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6CFA8CAA13946ADBFA040EE7B424FF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfy the requirement of subparagraph (A)
through the use of at least one voting system equipped for individuals with
disabilities, including nonvisual and enhanced visual accessibility for the
blind and visually impaired, and nonmanual and enhanced manual accessibility
for the mobility and dexterity impaired, at each polling place; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB099F964AF9942BD921E25FC093FEE29" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the requirements of subparagraph (A)
and paragraph (2)(A) by using a system that—</text>
<subclause id="HE507F1E1BC3D4105A6D6D3B0D8F78AE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows the voter to privately and
independently verify the permanent paper ballot through the presentation, in
accessible form, of the printed or marked vote selections from the same printed
or marked information that would be used for any vote counting or auditing;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEA57A48DB54E4895A73794CD045A4732"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows the voter to privately and
independently verify and cast the permanent paper ballot without requiring the
voter to manually handle the paper ballot;
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H86C0E0C691D440749A541EE45AEA4ED7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
requirement of study, testing, and development of accessible paper ballot
verification mechanisms</header>
<paragraph id="HFD93B2F6CD6A42499FE77702E6A01994"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study and
reporting</header><text>Subtitle C of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15381 et
seq.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D09CC3116C3498FA54F2EB6F1B4618C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 247 as section 248; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41A8B481D0A7488C8E9E7225EF766EAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 246 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CC6BEBBE6DD4267B2807B9432D76515" style="OLC">
<section id="HC83ED3C6B4784850AC1C20F14F55D228"><enum>247.</enum><header>Study and
report on accessible paper ballot verification mechanisms</header>
<subsection id="H57101FA5A67F490A99D6FA26F4753552"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and
Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the
National Science Foundation shall make grants to not fewer than 3 eligible
entities to study, test, and develop accessible paper ballot voting,
verification, and casting mechanisms and devices and best practices to enhance
the accessibility of paper ballot voting and verification mechanisms for
individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary language is not
English, and for voters with difficulties in literacy, including best practices
for the mechanisms themselves and the processes through which the mechanisms
are used.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1974B6B4775041B5828100F7CDD13DC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An
entity is eligible to receive a grant under this part if it submits to the
Director (at such time and in such form as the Director may require) an
application containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1E7FE1672CB46E597E73B5D60AE8522"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifications that the entity shall
specifically investigate enhanced methods or devices, including non-electronic
devices, that will assist such individuals and voters in marking voter-verified
paper ballots and presenting or transmitting the information printed or marked
on such ballots back to such individuals and voters, and casting such
ballots;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE30BCF60FAE46BFA162C014289F175F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a certification
that the entity shall complete the activities carried out with the grant not
later than December 31, 2014; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6364B6039DD4490ABD0A9DAB77BFBDB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other
information and certifications as the Director may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5DEFE23E5CEF4C7DB6E0FC713FDC0E98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
Technology</header><text>Any technology developed with the grants made under
this section shall be treated as non-proprietary and shall be made available to
the public, including to manufacturers of voting systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE3677CA54BFE41989ADA8D2CDFD272B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination
With Grants for Technology Improvements</header><text>The Director shall carry
out this section so that the activities carried out with the grants made under
subsection (a) are coordinated with the research conducted under the grant
program carried out by the Commission under section 271, to the extent that the
Director and Commission determine necessary to provide for the advancement of
accessible voting technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D06666117EC4FC1ADCB0247A28A07C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out subsection (a) $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BA76A0463D543719E693BA0E1BA4DE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H777DB12B41114350AB37FDC4FAA0BC37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
the item relating to section 247 as relating to section 248; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBCCA399BC0C48D3B8906AC267F718A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 246 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB515F5F851CE4EED9ECF31C0CBA4924A" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 247. Study and report on accessible
paper ballot verification
mechanisms.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCFB7433F12FB4889980D5E7DFF9ABD54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of
accessibility standards under voluntary voting system guidance</header><text>In
adopting any voluntary guidance under subtitle B of title III of the Help
America Vote Act with respect to the accessibility of the paper ballot
verification requirements for individuals with disabilities, the Election
Assistance Commission shall include and apply the same accessibility standards
applicable under the voluntary guidance adopted for accessible voting systems
under such subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6834EB3EC87441ECB30113432835535B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permitting Use
of Funds for Protection and Advocacy Systems To Support Actions To Enforce
Election-Related Disability Access</header><text>Section 292(a) of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15462">42 U.S.C. 15462(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>;
except that</quote> and all that follows and inserting a period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0EE7468B0BE848C79F3A7693CB4049C6"><enum>603.</enum><header>Additional
voting system requirements</header>
<subsection id="H8B21F69AF4934A129893B713F790B010"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements
described</header><text>Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA68BFDFABB5143B999680D8BAB47DC98" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H462E41939EF54DB7A9BA851D980A9821"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Prohibiting use
of uncertified election-dedicated voting system technologies; disclosure
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H644108BA317C49DF8E53AB228B7EE074"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A voting system used
in an election for Federal office in a State may not at any time during the
election contain or use any election-dedicated voting system technology—</text>
<clause id="HB9865AA590BC437A8E1361066B8654E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which has not been certified by the State
for use in the election; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD24461408F24AC3A41848F1EA6CBC55"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which has not been deposited with an
accredited laboratory described in section 231 to be held in escrow and
disclosed in accordance with this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13C5C109EADB488AAFF8FA8891C7BB25"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement for
disclosure and limitation on restricting disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An accredited laboratory under section 231
with whom an election-dedicated voting system technology has been deposited
shall—</text>
<clause id="HECC5BCE8084C4A04AC7DFDC4B12BF980"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hold the
technology in escrow; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H25B6704773EC4A0A863A28546A973573"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disclose
technology and information regarding the technology to another person
if—</text>
<subclause id="H8FA263E69C6D49A7912A1E9F2ECD1220"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the person is a
qualified person described in subparagraph (C) who has entered into a
nondisclosure agreement with respect to the technology which meets the
requirements of subparagraph (D); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H357387D3A70F4FECAB7C9060CA944015"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the laboratory is
permitted or required to disclose the technology to the person under State law,
in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable under such law.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F870A505FA24805B65E50F3EC555CD3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified
persons described</header><text>With respect to the disclosure of
election-dedicated voting system technology by a laboratory under subparagraph
(B)(ii)(I), a <quote>qualified person</quote> is any of the following:</text>
<clause id="HB7DCB67BAFD74FA5AB0D737691DAD9C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
governmental entity with responsibility for the administration of voting and
election-related matters for purposes of reviewing, analyzing, or reporting on
the technology.</text>
</clause><clause id="H997DF4BB8440414189FF5179DD6EB0E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
party to pre- or post-election litigation challenging the result of an election
or the administration or use of the technology used in an election, including
but not limited to election contests or challenges to the certification of the
technology, or an expert for a party to such litigation, for purposes of
reviewing or analyzing the technology to support or oppose the litigation, and
all parties to the litigation shall have access to the technology for such
purposes.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD892EB1EDA24816B1301013A28636D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A person not
described in clause (i) or (ii) who reviews, analyzes, or reports on the
technology solely for an academic, scientific, technological, or other
investigation or inquiry concerning the accuracy or integrity of the
technology.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32192BD25C2847519BF452B6EF8E41BE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements for
nondisclosure agreements</header><text>A nondisclosure agreement entered into
with respect to an election-dedicated voting system technology meets the
requirements of this subparagraph if the agreement—</text>
<clause id="H7FCD3760699349619556BC53F1D3D66C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
limited in scope to coverage of the technology disclosed under subparagraph (B)
and any trade secrets and intellectual property rights related thereto;</text>
</clause><clause id="H206FA86A4F3E4D388FCB211AA9F01AE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not prohibit
a signatory from entering into other nondisclosure agreements to review other
technologies under this paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H80B0B0EF8DAF4C74A622708639CA6F30"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>exempts from
coverage any information the signatory lawfully obtained from another source or
any information in the public domain;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B56B4FCEB324BFC9A51CD2D41152EA7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>remains in effect
for not longer than the life of any trade secret or other intellectual property
right related thereto;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDC43785B7C554827B2F6867A7474A034"><enum>(v)</enum><text>prohibits the use
of injunctions barring a signatory from carrying out any activity authorized
under subparagraph (C), including injunctions limited to the period prior to a
trial involving the technology;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0DD8EA26E3747D79B4C1A10074E81A3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>is silent as to
damages awarded for breach of the agreement, other than a reference to damages
available under applicable law;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FB83320D34A44BBA994DB0BC4A4F3DD"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>allows
disclosure of evidence of crime, including in response to a subpoena or
warrant;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0BEABAA6E87342A1B4ECAD122581E3E9"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>allows the
signatory to perform analyses on the technology (including by executing the
technology), disclose reports and analyses that describe operational issues
pertaining to the technology (including vulnerabilities to tampering, errors,
risks associated with use, failures as a result of use, and other problems),
and describe or explain why or how a voting system failed or otherwise did not
perform as intended; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BCA201E36584A80B527BA55908B3675"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>provides that the
agreement shall be governed by the trade secret laws of the applicable
State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE287AE2FDBB47AA8DE96C1BFF6EDF4A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Election-dedicated
voting system technology defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="HE34D476E8DA342D69F200E1F69DF12EC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>election-dedicated voting system technology</term> means the
following:</text>
<subclause id="HF7496E26EA7C48BF92708C4A88C7166E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The source code
used for the trusted build and its file signatures.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H149A27C15667411C8FE74389C8F1B40D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A complete disk
image of the pre-build, build environment, and any file signatures to validate
that it is unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H133BA7F894CD4255839346A3F468C6FA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A complete disk
image of the post-build, build environment, and any file signatures to validate
that it is unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H43FC018A33E44D0C9EEFBEF65C427DC3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>All executable
code produced by the trusted build and any file signatures to validate that it
is unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDBDCDA9CBD9A4FD489E9B4668D687838"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Installation
devices and software file signatures.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6F8F16D52A9F40BAB5BCABD30FF85F1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term does not include
<quote>commercial-off-the-shelf</quote> software and hardware defined under the
2005 voluntary voting system guidelines adopted by the Commission under section
222.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2719A9E4A6D544BE84FA5B388D7B00BA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Prohibition of
use of wireless communications devices in systems or devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No system or device upon which ballots are
programmed or votes are cast or tabulated shall contain, use, or be accessible
by any wireless, power-line, or concealed communication device, except that
enclosed infrared communications devices which are certified for use in such
device by the State and which cannot be used for any remote or wide area
communications or used without the knowledge of poll workers shall be
permitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2EFE08F42EE46CF8614CC76D04F8352"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Prohibiting
connection of system to the internet</header>
<subparagraph id="HC0A32C920B09450C9B6F79DAC8890D38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No system or device upon which ballots are programmed or
votes are cast or tabulated shall be connected to the Internet at any
time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06384B93A1104A19937AB3EE93AF576D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be deemed
to prohibit the Commission from conducting the studies under section 242 or to
conduct other similar studies under any other provision of law in a manner
consistent with this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB3EF72C2DA44119ABB8868019487EB6"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Security
standards for voting systems used in Federal elections</header>
<subparagraph id="HE0BC2B1A6EC74BFA901BBF8F325C5660"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No voting system may be used in an election for Federal
office unless the manufacturer of such system and the election officials using
such system meet the applicable requirements described in subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB5ACAFC5AEC4665ACAB998DB1E73649"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements
described</header><text>The requirements described in this subparagraph are as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H81875DAE83CE47C7909EF03E3704D911"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The manufacturer
and the election officials shall document the secure chain of custody for the
handling of all software, hardware, vote storage media, blank ballots, and
completed ballots used in connection with voting systems, and shall make the
information available upon request to the Commission.</text>
</clause><clause id="H625EB7A7611A4A6EA6F3BFABACBCC42D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The manufacturer shall disclose to an
accredited laboratory under section 231 and to the appropriate election
official any information required to be disclosed under paragraph (7).</text>
</clause><clause id="HE509F18A49EA4F8E99D423DE0BB0FA81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the appropriate election official has
certified the election-dedicated and other voting system software for use in an
election, the manufacturer may not—</text>
<subclause id="HFB16530489DF416BAF81DCAFB3A12308"><enum>(I)</enum><text>alter such
software; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAE39CD9520254329A22D305E477D504F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>insert or use in
the voting system any software, software patch, or other software modification
not certified by the State for use in the election.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H0AE22C05A6B84DD89F3EA2D809CE6DEA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>At the request of
the Commission—</text>
<subclause id="H2A07A5BC98974A3D83FA8BA894E5E408"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the appropriate
election official shall submit information to the Commission regarding the
State’s compliance with this subparagraph; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H737E0D7134474F7B96FD606B89A1521D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manufacturer shall submit information
to the Commission regarding the manufacturer’s compliance with this
subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H944E756C30DD4912B0F42F506BFC67AB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Development and
publication of best practices of secure chain of custody</header><text>Not
later than August 1, 2016, the Commission shall develop and make publicly
available best practices regarding the requirement of subparagraph (B)(i) and
(B)(iii), and in the case of subparagraph (B)(iii), shall include best
practices for certifying software patches and minor software modifications
under short deadlines.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F8391B4F5414CB89BB8555F7DDC1F38"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Disclosure of
secure chain of custody</header><text>The Commission shall make information
provided to the Commission under subparagraph (B)(i) available to any person
upon request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEDB7801F25A4790A51AF6DA9D9B563B"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Durability and
readability requirements for ballots</header>
<subparagraph id="H0C81750E8BDD44639E937C4D057B9775"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Durability
requirements for paper ballots</header>
<clause id="H18E9D7B0CDDD4794AFF6238AB5CC380B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All voter-verified
paper ballots required to be used under this Act shall be marked or printed on
durable paper.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF430ED70133E44108C6E913427D579A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this Act, paper is <quote>durable</quote> if it is capable of
withstanding multiple counts and recounts by hand without compromising the
fundamental integrity of the ballots, and capable of retaining the information
marked or printed on them for the full duration of a retention and preservation
period of 22 months.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8CB42034A674B488FA19F9B099E26F2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Readability
requirements for paper ballots marked by ballot marking device</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All voter-verified paper ballots completed
by the voter through the use of a ballot marking device shall be clearly
readable by the voter without assistance (other than eyeglasses or other
personal vision enhancing devices) and by an optical character recognition
device or other device equipped for individuals with disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F9D710042274648A658D55A7DFEA8C7"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Requirements
for publication of poll tapes</header>
<subparagraph id="HC2542760EA8D4C42B24C060C1E3CEF2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each
State shall meet the following requirements:</text>
<clause id="H01464019459C4AB685F7EE3E15497230"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the closing of the polls at each
polling place, the appropriate election official, under the observation of the
certified tabulation observers admitted to the polling place under subparagraph
(E) (if any), shall announce the vote orally, post a copy of the poll tape
reflecting the totals from each voting machine upon which votes were cast in
the election at the polling place, and prepare and post a statement of the
total number of individuals who appeared at the polling place to cast ballots,
determined by reference to the number of signatures in a sign-in book or other
similar independent count. Such officials shall ensure that each of the
certified tabulation observers admitted to the polling place has full access to
observe the process by which the poll tapes and statement are produced and a
reasonable period of time to review the poll tapes and statement before the
polling place is closed, and (if feasible) shall provide such observers with
identical duplicate copies of the poll tapes and statement.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF643FAB354841F1B16B2D07287C497B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, but in no event
later than noon of the day following the date of the election, the appropriate
election official shall display (at a prominent location accessible to the
public during regular business hours and in or within reasonable proximity to
the polling place) a copy of each poll tape and statement prepared under clause
(i), and the information shall be displayed on the official public websites of
the applicable local election official and chief State election official,
together with the name of the designated voting official who entered the
information and the date and time the information was entered.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C1B21399CEC45F0A04E4530E0EC5559"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each website on which information is posted
under clause (ii) shall include information on the procedures by which
discrepancies shall be reported to election officials. If any discrepancy
exists between the posted information and the relevant poll tape or statement,
the appropriate election official shall display information on the discrepancy
on the website on which the information is posted under clause (ii) not later
than 24 hours after the official is made aware of the discrepancy, and shall
maintain the information on the discrepancy and its resolution (if applicable)
on such website during the entire period for which results of the election are
typically maintained on such website.</text>
</clause><clause id="H51C3626362294CF881B6F77F59B70191"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate election official shall
preserve archived copies of the poll tapes and statements prepared under clause
(i) and reports of discrepancies filed by certified tabulation observers for
the period of time during which records and papers are required to be retained
and preserved pursuant to title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (42 U.S.C.
1974 et seq.) or for the same duration for which archived copies of other
records of the election are required to be preserved under applicable State
law, whichever is longer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC126146915C744069862F92B5BBBF3F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
ballots cast at early voting sites</header>
<clause id="HDD0305DA38F44056B0982461A6ABB28F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The
requirements of this subparagraph shall apply with respect to poll tapes and
statements of the number of voters who voted in person at designated sites
prior to the date of the election.</text>
</clause><clause id="H04BE0EF2F55849A49890D2E12037C139"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Daily count of
voters</header><text>At the close of business on each day on which ballots
described in clause (i) may be cast prior to the date of the election, the
appropriate election official at each such site shall—</text>
<subclause id="H712DDD80AD114A48B1BEFAF383B0DC63"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the observation of certified
tabulation observers admitted to the site under subparagraph (E) (if any),
prepare and post a statement of the total number of individuals who appeared at
the site to cast ballots, determined by reference to the number of signatures
in a sign-in book or other similar independent count, and the total number of
ballots cast (excluding information on the votes received by individual
candidates), and shall ensure that each of the certified tabulation observers
admitted to the site has full access to observe the process by which the
statement is produced and a reasonable period of time to review the statement
before the site is closed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H63351E6C1B92417B850613870A55F1FF"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">display at the site during regular business
hours for the duration of the early voting period a paper copy of the statement
prepared under subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H40549F6668984AAA9F3011506CFB45A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application of
general requirements for poll tapes and statements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon
the closing of the polls on the date of the election, the appropriate election
official at each designated site described in this subparagraph shall meet the
requirements of subparagraph (A) (including requirements relating to the role
of certified tabulation observers) in the same manner as an election official
at a polling place.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73A782ED0B3342C395AE4F264C66988A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of
absentee ballots</header>
<clause id="H222BF3EF1EEE4C5683D6F9B735A8025E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Daily count of
ballots mailed and received</header><text>At the close of each business day on
which a State mails or accepts absentee ballots cast in an election for Federal
office prior to the date of the election, the appropriate election official
shall—</text>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H931D02B440954C27BBFC973918667D6F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the observation of certified
tabulation observers admitted under subparagraph (E) to the site at which the
ballots are mailed and received (if any), prepare and post a statement of the
total number of absentee ballots mailed and received by the official during
that day and a separate count of the number of absentee ballots received but
rejected (separated into categories of the reasons for rejection), and ensure
that each of the certified tabulation observers admitted to the site has full
access to observe the process by which the statement is produced and a
reasonable period of time to review the statement before the site is closed;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1CBAC6B3461A4C48AC534C509F53374D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">display at the site during regular business
hours for the duration of the period during which absentee ballots are
processed a paper copy of the statement prepared under subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD5E34F39E3934D4FB6D9676EB5BA690F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Application of
general requirements for poll tapes and statements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At
the close of business on the last day on which absentee ballots are counted
prior to the certification of the election, the appropriate election official
at the site at which absentee ballots are received and counted shall meet the
requirements of subparagraph (A) (including requirements relating to the role
of certified tabulation observers) in the same manner as an election official
at a polling place.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB695506E4BA4AA4B1D159D065B25FF6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Daily count of
provisional ballots</header><text>At the close of business on the day on which
the appropriate election official determines whether or not provisional ballots
cast in an election for Federal office will be counted as votes in the election
(as described in section 302(a)(4)), the official shall—</text>
<clause id="H70AF17EB39C94415902E891E24BEED34"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the observation of certified
tabulation observers admitted under subparagraph (E) to the site at which the
determination is made (if any), prepare and post a statement of the number of
such ballots for which a determination was made, the number of ballots counted,
and the number of ballots rejected (separated into categories of the reason for
the rejection), and ensure that each of the certified tabulation observers
admitted to the site has full access to observe the process by which the
statement is produced and a reasonable period of time to review the statement
before the site is closed; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H137F5095D8D34369A675A58D7042DCB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">display at the site during regular business
hours for the duration of the period during which provisional ballots are
processed a paper copy of the statement prepared under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A7F292C2DDF419D9AF9EF8D65AD6F64"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Admission of
certified tabulation observers</header>
<clause id="H940F41F5E23B46368FE85B448AF4E852"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Certified
tabulation observer defined</header><text>In this paragraph, a <quote>certified
tabulation observer</quote> is an individual who is certified by an appropriate
election official as authorized to carry out the responsibilities of a
certified tabulation observer under this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3497A35728204D74A3FAD977C3D924BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>In
determining which individuals to certify as tabulation observers and admit to a
polling place or other location to serve as certified tabulation observers with
respect to an election for Federal office, the election official shall give
preference to individuals who are affiliated with a candidate in the election,
except that—</text>
<subclause id="H48F7A04499C54CF79625B8A7759139C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
individuals admitted who are affiliated with the same candidate for Federal
office may not exceed one; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFA74153C9D6D45C082C565A9E3951B9A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the maximum
number of individuals who may be admitted shall equal the number of candidates
in the election plus 3, or such greater number as may be authorized under State
law.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6D73FAD220CF43349E110A15ACC087BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No effect on
admission of other observers</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph may be
construed to limit or otherwise affect the authority of other individuals to
enter and observe polling place operations under any other law, including
international observers authorized under any treaty or observers of the Federal
Government authorized under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8CE6058B5FD45E39D8016CDE1B688EF"><enum>(F)</enum><header>No effect on
other tabulation requirements</header><text>Nothing in this Act may be
construed to supersede any requirement that an election official at a polling
place report vote totals to a central tabulation facility and address
discrepancies the official finds in the aggregation of those totals with other
vote
totals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H62299DA27F4B4A24BCEBBFB85F58B467"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring
laboratories To meet standards prohibiting conflicts of interest as condition
of accreditation for testing of voting system hardware and software</header>
<paragraph id="H4AD2CFB5859A45D1B770BE10A02EF580"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 231(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371(b)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8251F0E125174DEC862CFD550A7B672C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H346099E935264623B81BFA5C2572064C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibiting
conflicts of interest; ensuring availability of results</header>
<subparagraph id="H28FF2B4076E74BE2A1718653F61ADE51"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A laboratory may not be accredited by the Commission for
purposes of this section unless—</text>
<clause id="H7B657961A5174BD6B5BBF0604B36867F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the laboratory
certifies that the only compensation it receives for the testing carried out in
connection with the certification, decertification, and recertification of the
manufacturer’s voting system hardware and software is the payment made from the
Testing Escrow Account under paragraph (4);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0C751D8DD0943F4AF2C8BD3F459E732"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the laboratory
meets such standards as the Commission shall establish (after notice and
opportunity for public comment) to prevent the existence or appearance of any
conflict of interest in the testing carried out by the laboratory under this
section, including standards to ensure that the laboratory does not have a
financial interest in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of voting system
hardware and software, and is sufficiently independent from other persons with
such an interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="H514275F0A44B4A72B91B36E7ED61C065"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the laboratory certifies that it will
permit an expert designated by the Commission or by the State requiring
certification of the system being tested to observe any testing the laboratory
carries out under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H914655EC86F0422CBE78B308DCE5087C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the laboratory,
upon completion of any testing carried out under this section, discloses the
test protocols, results, and all communication between the laboratory and the
manufacturer to the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D96F36D8FCF4F4DA8D783B4A5592287"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of
results</header><text>Upon receipt of information under subparagraph (A), the
Commission shall make the information available promptly to election officials
and the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13DF6564D5F84E358579AB3776B133F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedures for
conducting testing; payment of user fees for compensation of accredited
laboratories</header>
<subparagraph id="H1EF0061496274EE787AD7789762BE7D6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of
escrow account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall establish an escrow account (to be known as the <quote>Testing Escrow
Account</quote>) for making payments to accredited laboratories for the costs
of the testing carried out in connection with the certification,
decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and
software.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF418FFCBB0B246B6BE9DD57D9941ADB1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Schedule of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the
accredited laboratories, the Commission shall establish and regularly update a
schedule of fees for the testing carried out in connection with the
certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware
and software, based on the reasonable costs expected to be incurred by the
accredited laboratories in carrying out the testing for various types of
hardware and software.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30266D99EF2844D6AD5767824A07A782"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requests and
payments by manufacturers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
manufacturer of voting system hardware and software may not have the hardware
or software tested by an accredited laboratory under this section
unless—</text>
<clause id="HFE1FB9980BC24FEC94E46AAB046B7F31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the manufacturer
submits a detailed request for the testing to the Commission; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF7CFCD5F12E42708696426F4957540F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manufacturer
pays to the Commission, for deposit into the Testing Escrow Account established
under subparagraph (A), the applicable fee under the schedule established and
in effect under subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CE2414EC2C04A27B8A0BC0EF1BB505F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Selection of
laboratory</header><text>Upon receiving a request for testing and the payment
from a manufacturer required under subparagraph (C), the Commission shall
select, from all laboratories which are accredited under this section to carry
out the specific testing requested by the manufacturer, an accredited
laboratory to carry out the testing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17F7B3E2F9334FBBBF86BA0951D21E7F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Payments to
laboratories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receiving a
certification from a laboratory selected to carry out testing pursuant to
subparagraph (D) that the testing is completed, along with a copy of the
results of the test as required under paragraph (3)(A)(iv), the Commission
shall make a payment to the laboratory from the Testing Escrow Account
established under subparagraph (A) in an amount equal to the applicable fee
paid by the manufacturer under subparagraph (C)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04956AEA762E4CE68B700B0E7A9B6627"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dissemination of
additional information on accredited laboratories</header>
<subparagraph id="HC34D58A7BCD941D1A7512102183C1A4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Information on
testing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of
the testing of a voting system under this section, the Commission shall
promptly disseminate to the public the identification of the laboratory which
carried out the testing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F5B20264AB4419B9B2096D55878364A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information on
status of laboratories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commission shall promptly notify Congress, the chief State election official of
each State, and the public whenever—</text>
<clause id="H137AD266BC314A2AACA9011052A76867"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Commission
revokes, terminates, or suspends the accreditation of a laboratory under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4864D7A0AABC4390B88AF2201DEC3A4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Commission
restores the accreditation of a laboratory under this section which has been
revoked, terminated, or suspended; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6088884BC0FD4B7894EFA3D06162B9CA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Commission
has credible evidence of significant security failure at an accredited
laboratory.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB5DCEBE458243898BCCCE33D476B187"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 231 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371</external-xref>) is further
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H70A7FDA5E9364612958F85408A8C45CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows
and inserting the following: <quote>testing of voting system hardware and
software by accredited laboratories in connection with the certification,
decertification, and recertification of the hardware and software for purposes
of this Act.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA45E6FE29E0C45CEB13C7FCBE116679E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows
and inserting the following: <quote>testing of its voting system hardware and
software by the laboratories accredited by the Commission under this section in
connection with certifying, decertifying, and recertifying the hardware and
software.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA43DB191E2274A559CE9BF4B41819382"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification, decertification, and
recertification</quote> and inserting <quote>testing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7EFFFEC97424F4DAB87DB0923641001"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>testing, certification, decertification, and
recertification</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>testing</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H109F64554B1C42D68EC42BF301F3D7CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for
establishment of standards, escrow account, and schedule of
fees</header><text>The Election Assistance Commission shall establish the
standards described in section 231(b)(3) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
and the Testing Escrow Account and schedule of fees described in section
231(b)(4) of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) not later than January 1,
2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD22CEA4576E64174B933F21BE78F2C80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Election Assistance Commission such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the Commission’s duties under paragraphs (3)
and (4) of section 231 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by
paragraph (1)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H503A5BC15A674AB3B67B3DA7FCC60B8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants for
research on development of election-Dedicated voting system software</header>
<paragraph id="H5C9D8836E6EC4EAEAD9555DFD3F1BC1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following
new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F96522E483349CF9969DBE4D6FACAEA" style="OLC">
<part id="HE9FF4F8914074E50BC9B5E5ADD5B39CB"><enum>7</enum><header>Grants for
research on development of election-Dedicated voting system software</header>
<section id="HACE41F538EA74FE6849EAF6C222431C2"><enum>297.</enum><header>Grants for
research on development of election-dedicated voting system software</header>
<subsection id="H5A703B6895C3493EB0B31F99A3B0CB0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation
(hereafter in this part referred to as the <quote>Director</quote>) shall make
grants to not fewer than 3 eligible entities to conduct research on the
development of election-dedicated voting system software.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3A4B77F4B33F44B891E7857F12F480F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An
entity is eligible to receive a grant under this part if it submits to the
Director (at such time and in such form as the Director may require) an
application containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C550B7E14AD481D9F98E235D9747E74"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifications regarding the benefits of
operating voting systems on election-dedicated software which is easily
understandable and which is written exclusively for the purpose of conducting
elections;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD223172D7DF4A859BE606145F7DE12C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certifications
that the entity will use the funds provided under the grant to carry out
research on how to develop voting systems that run on election-dedicated
software and that will meet the applicable requirements for voting systems
under title III; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EABC97228AB42509F9BADB4F562A645"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other
information and certifications as the Director may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFFF7D0793984555B5412A69662DBA27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
Technology</header><text>Any technology developed with the grants made under
this section shall be treated as non-proprietary and shall be made available to
the public, including to manufacturers of voting systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H37136D38225D4922BD181593386FBDE2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this section $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, to remain
available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3B83E94D5E9423A8EF5E3DA7607F5EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC32133D443244708DA1F792873B33A8" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 7—Grants for research on development of
election-Dedicated voting system software</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297. Grants for research on
development of election-dedicated voting system
software.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H91EC7967E57542A9A8CBFD39AADDBE34"><enum>604.</enum><header>Availability of
additional funding to enable States to meet costs of revised
requirements</header>
<subsection id="H1CA4B4D4183846BCB3949269ADFA3D01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
requirements payments for meeting revised requirements</header><text>Section
257(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15407">42 U.S.C. 15407(a)</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93E86C742DE842DBB866089E16924F9B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBF099BDCC7E2474ABD348EC325D4FE14"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2018, the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EBEC2B3296F47D09CAEBD18441DEBB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000,
except that any funds provided under the authorization made by this
subparagraph shall be used by a State only to meet the requirements of title
III which are first imposed on the State pursuant to the amendments made by
title I of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2013, or to
otherwise modify or replace its voting systems in response to such amendments;
plus</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB090BACA4A644D35A7B3737642C51847"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary to enable
States to carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) with respect
to requirements which first apply to elections for Federal office held after in
November 2020, except that any funds provided under the authorization made by
this subparagraph shall be used by a State only for carrying out these
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF29E0005AA449929832B665B9BB5520"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of revised
formula for allocation of funds</header><text>Section 252(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 15402(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2C46B44CE1044D7B8BE6F549716B243" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H916F945C8DCD4012978475C079519A57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State Allocation
Percentage Defined</header>
<paragraph id="H88BEA962E0C54068A0F26B5C79E23A05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the <quote>State allocation percentage</quote> for a State is
the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBAB0C84D55664C32A7D28DE6A9CCB23A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the voting age population of the State (as
reported in the most recent decennial census); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A7881BC70CB4F1DAE685FC7D33D6266"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total voting age population of all
States (as reported in the most recent decennial census).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DD21EDD046E4575A204395B9CF2B660"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for
payments used to meet requirements imposed under Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2013</header>
<subparagraph id="H3EB204DD6FA04630B3CB3CE22307490F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of the requirements payment made to a State
under the authorization made by section 257(a)(5) for fiscal year 2018 or any
fiscal year thereafter, the <quote>State allocation percentage</quote> for a
State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient
of—</text>
<clause id="H0C7A2436DA1344E2AD9BF28D07807020"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the
number of noncompliant precincts in the State and 50 percent of the number of
partially noncompliant precincts in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9589A4D714954E89978B9AEFBFE458A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of the
number of noncompliant precincts in all States and 50 percent of the number of
partially noncompliant precincts in all States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2F0C26B4F8D48C69404B223034E852D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Noncompliant
precinct defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
paragraph, a <term>noncompliant precinct</term> means any precinct (or
equivalent location) within a State for which the voting system used to
administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in
November 2016 did not meet either of the requirements described in subparagraph
(D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B08BFF2187E4609B977ECEA3C21A2FD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Partially
noncompliant precinct defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, a <term>partially
noncompliant precinct</term> means any precinct (or equivalent location) within
a State for which the voting system used to administer the regularly scheduled
general election for Federal office held in November 2016 met only one of the
requirements described in subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE59AB3592E1E42CBAC70F3ADD6272037"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements
described in this subparagraph with respect to a voting system are as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H45451E2335424FA9B9CE581BF5C061A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The primary voting system required the use
of durable paper ballots (as described in section 301(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) and
301(a)(11)(A), as amended or added by the Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2013) for every vote cast.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F816141040F473EA21B2568BB9F2146"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The voting system allowed the voter to
privately and independently verify the permanent paper ballot through the
presentation of the same printed or marked information used for vote counting
and auditing and to privately and independently cast the permanent paper ballot
without handling the ballot
manually.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H69B4A5AFE17E46FEA6633A31BDEA5D6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Revised
conditions for receipt of funds</header><text>Section 253 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 15403) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA747A56DB8B7406588A3A3AD45FF84F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>A State is eligible</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as
provided in subsection (f), a State is eligible</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FFE6875E42C4286B435B91921EEB909"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E330A7223A04663BADCE2363AD8E088" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H75687EEC8AF343CE81DF2FBD08E5EBBA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special Rule for
Payments Used To Meet Requirements Imposed Under Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2013</header>
<paragraph id="H616AC69349CB4E9E9AFE1691CB23DFD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this part, a State is eligible to receive a requirements
payment under the authorization made by section 257(a)(5) for fiscal year 2018
or any fiscal year thereafter if, not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2013, the
chief executive officer of the State, or designee, in consultation and
coordination with the chief State election official—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DDF1FB20E0F477F9A52785CD7F24AE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifies to the
Commission the number of noncompliant and partially noncompliant precincts in
the State (as defined in section 252(b)(2));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H525D6DDC3332414DA77F3E9A423057D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certifies to the
Commission that the State will reimburse each unit of local government in the
State for any costs the unit incurs in carrying out the activities for which
the payment may be used; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14E4B973E39F4F47B327124AB91ABA30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>files a statement
with the Commission describing the State’s need for the payment and how the
State will use the payment to meet the requirements of title III (in accordance
with the limitations applicable to the use of the payment under section
257(a)(5)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H617A508D843640C7ACB8F162F724586E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certifications
by States that require changes to State law</header><text>In the case of a
State that requires State legislation to carry out any activity covered by any
certification submitted under this subsection, the State shall be permitted to
make the certification notwithstanding that the legislation has not been
enacted at the time the certification is submitted and such State shall submit
an additional certification once such legislation is
enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FD403FD34544FD390C8CBD5EF1065F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permitting use
of funds for reimbursement for costs previously incurred</header><text>Section
251(c)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period
at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, or as a reimbursement for any
costs incurred after November 2016 in meeting the requirements of title III
which are imposed pursuant to the amendments made by title I of the Voter
Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2013 or in otherwise upgrading or
replacing voting systems in a manner consistent with such amendments (so long
as the voting systems meet any of the requirements that apply with respect to
elections for Federal office held in 2020 and each succeeding
year).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H121A6AD5983143CD87C7E10823522A3D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of
construction regarding States receiving other funds for replacing punch card,
lever, or other voting machines</header><text>Nothing in the amendments made by
this section or in any other provision of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 may
be construed to prohibit a State which received or was authorized to receive a
payment under title I or II of such Act for replacing punch card, lever, or
other voting machines from receiving or using any funds which are made
available under the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF53EA66BE89146A5AA227C8695813102"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of
construction regarding use of funds received in prior years</header>
<paragraph id="H1ABDFF2BDEF64641AA45AC47978DE8A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing contained in
this Act or the Help America Vote Act of 2002 may be construed to prohibit a
State from using funds received under title I or II of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 to purchase or acquire by other means a voting system that meets
the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 301 of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (as amended by this Act) in order to replace voting systems
purchased with funds received under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 that do
not meet such requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB47CED8538E4BD9AD930BE512C45BEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver of notice
and comment requirements</header><text>The requirements of subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of section 254(a)(11) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall
not apply to any State using funds received under such Act for the purposes
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11BA9C1F21454007899590A6C9675A4C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2018.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H986284D6709A405CB8EDB8EDDCA5B0B1"><enum>605.</enum><header>Effective date
for new requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
301(d) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(d)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45F6BA6F059A41D180B49B1E9D6A2323" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H04EE37278FF346DC8EE05FA368044132"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<paragraph id="HB00E1BC7D77C4E55AC9C64F5BDB56952"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State and
jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section
on and after January 1, 2006.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5EDCBBF2BBB4DD1A79D7338CADD9EEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for
certain requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H9D4CF3F4077F44E1BD09BD9D7AC63E8A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), the requirements of this section which are first
imposed on a State and jurisdiction pursuant to the amendments made by title I
of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2013 shall apply
with respect to voting systems used for any election for Federal office held in
2018 or any succeeding year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97B800FDA5494858BBB1B644F780435D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay for
jurisdictions using certain paper record printers or certain systems using or
producing voter-verifiable paper records in 2016</header>
<clause id="HB4C2D4A1BE3C4BEB83531E90C3845370"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>In
the case of a jurisdiction described in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) shall
apply to a voting system in the jurisdiction as if the reference in such
subparagraph to <quote>2018</quote> were a reference to <quote>2020</quote>,
but only with respect to the following requirements of this section:</text>
<subclause id="HB4F88413CD874C4891D568FCB6DB2EF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Paragraph
(2)(A)(i)(I) of subsection (a) (relating to the use of voter-marked paper
ballots).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6583103532B041EA8E20B53EEC95CC81"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Paragraph
(3)(B)(ii)(I) and (II) of subsection (a) (relating to access to verification
from and casting of the durable paper ballot).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4F3DA66C17D345708F3F72EB4F55B98D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Paragraph (11)
of subsection (a) (relating to durability and readability requirements for
ballots).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF9B3902398234DCFBC67A402FA88CF20"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Jurisdictions
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A jurisdiction
described in this clause is a jurisdiction—</text>
<subclause id="HE8D2685DD3994678AC98400846696CA5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which used voter verifiable paper record
printers attached to direct recording electronic voting machines, or which used
other voting systems that used or produced paper records of the vote verifiable
by voters but that are not in compliance with paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(I),
(3)(B)(ii)(I) and (II), and (11) of subsection (a) (as amended or added by the
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2013), for the
administration of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
held in November 2016; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H58C251C1B62545BA9F3CCEF1AD12E47E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>which will
continue to use such printers or systems for the administration of elections
for Federal office held in years before 2020.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEF1DFF104AC482BB1AAA64C830FC629"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Mandatory
availability of paper ballots at polling places using grandfathered printers
and systems</header>
<subclause id="H1B69B48C7DD14A799729910927F38AD6"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Requiring
ballots to be offered and provided</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate election official at each
polling place that uses a printer or system described in clause (ii)(I) for the
administration of elections for Federal office shall offer each individual who
is eligible to cast a vote in the election at the polling place the opportunity
to cast the vote using a blank pre-printed paper ballot which the individual
may mark by hand and which is not produced by the direct recording electronic
voting machine or other such system. The official shall provide the individual
with the ballot and the supplies necessary to mark the ballot, and shall ensure
(to the greatest extent practicable) that the waiting period for the individual
to cast a vote is the lesser of 30 minutes or the average waiting period for an
individual who does not agree to cast the vote using such a paper ballot under
this clause.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDC27E8DDE9D04A2F897B1D1485A94E48"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Treatment of
ballot</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any paper ballot which
is cast by an individual under this clause shall be counted and otherwise
treated as a regular ballot for all purposes (including by incorporating it
into the final unofficial vote count (as defined by the State) for the
precinct) and not as a provisional ballot, unless the individual casting the
ballot would have otherwise been required to cast a provisional ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H89D4358FFA5D44C8A39BAC077EA2B76F"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Posting of
notice</header><text>The appropriate election official shall ensure there is
prominently displayed at each polling place a notice that describes the
obligation of the official to offer individuals the opportunity to cast votes
using a pre-printed blank paper ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA052978B538F4E08BA14313A9D8CAF17"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Training of
election officials</header><text>The chief State election official shall ensure
that election officials at polling places in the State are aware of the
requirements of this clause, including the requirement to display a notice
under subclause (III), and are aware that it is a violation of the requirements
of this title for an election official to fail to offer an individual the
opportunity to cast a vote using a blank pre-printed paper ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1123ECA4619F4944A062147945D26397"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Period of
applicability</header><text>The requirements of this clause apply only during
the period in which the delay is in effect under clause (i).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BEB501A1026405983C216747284E17F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for
jurisdictions using certain nontabulating ballot marking devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a jurisdiction which uses a
nontabulating ballot marking device which automatically deposits the ballot
into a privacy sleeve, subparagraph (A) shall apply to a voting system in the
jurisdiction as if the reference in such subparagraph to <quote>any election
for Federal office held in 2018 or any succeeding year</quote> were a reference
to <quote>elections for Federal office occurring held in 2020 or each
succeeding year</quote>, but only with respect to paragraph (3)(B)(ii)(II) of
subsection (a) (relating to nonmanual casting of the durable paper
ballot).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF12D9DCB723649D1B5346F67B13B9EB3"><enum>B</enum><header>Requirement for
mandatory manual audits by hand count</header>
<section id="H2260FECA15AC4502A188163FB965C6FE"><enum>611.</enum><header>Mandatory
manual audits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0316B3A1F37840F29885880EDD2BF37F" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H960FECA1002346DD9A40BC30AD854781"><enum>C</enum><header>Mandatory manual
audits</header>
<section id="HC39ACA8FB4CE4E66B085EC157C38D6D4"><enum>321.</enum><header>Requiring
audits of results of elections</header>
<subsection id="HA8478A9B810E43A4AA9B92E2C003222C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring
Audits</header>
<paragraph id="H68CD086104DD4F3ABAF0E6CD20E91D35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with this subtitle, each State shall
administer, without advance notice to the precincts or alternative audit units
selected, audits of the results of all elections for Federal office held in the
State (and, at the option of the State or jurisdiction involved, of elections
for State and local office held at the same time as such election) consisting
of random hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots required to be used
and preserved pursuant to section 301(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDAD4C9C43334B99934FA360540C8B00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
certain elections</header><text>A State shall not be required to administer an
audit of the results of an election for Federal office under this subtitle if
the winning candidate in the election—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF139F57A77B3429095579CC67406612C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>had no opposition
on the ballot; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79F1A75EB3D3423AAB6A4CB83E2FFEDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>received 80
percent or more of the total number of votes cast in the election, as
determined on the basis of the final unofficial vote count.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E1FB4D02B174883A465736267CAA28F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of
Entity Conducting Audits; Application of GAO Independence
Standards</header><text>The State shall administer audits under this subtitle
through an entity selected for such purpose by the State in accordance with
such criteria as the State considers appropriate consistent with the
requirements of this subtitle, except that the entity must meet the general
standards established by the Comptroller General and as set forth in the
Comptroller General’s Government Auditing Standards to ensure the independence
(including, except as provided under section 323(b), the organizational
independence) of entities performing financial audits, attestation engagements,
and performance audits.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H08BD47841F714F03A4023B448EF5B533"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References to
Election Auditor</header><text>In this subtitle, the term <term>Election
Auditor</term> means, with respect to a State, the entity selected by the State
under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7581362983154EEEAFEC9AEEA575AD09" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>322.</enum><header>Number of ballots
counted under audit</header>
<subsection id="H833DEC77BEA04FDA94AF56A4CBDFAB1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), the number of voter-verified paper ballots which will be
subject to a hand count administered by the Election Auditor of a State under
this subtitle with respect to an election shall be determined as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2AB9D79075CA415F8F7A1998F9DF1B20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as
described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of victory between the
two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the election is less
than 1 percent of the total votes cast in that election, the hand counts of the
voter-verified paper ballots shall occur in at least 10 percent of all
precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative audit units used in
accordance with the method provided for under subsection (b)) in the
Congressional district involved (in the case of an election for the House of
Representatives) or the State (in the case of any other election for Federal
office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB51E0F3D35B4D4DB6E4F5A359D7F4AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as
described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of victory between the
two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the election is greater
than or equal to 1 percent but less than 2 percent of the total votes cast in
that election, the hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots shall occur
in at least 5 percent of all precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative
audit units used in accordance with the method provided for under subsection
(b)) in the Congressional district involved (in the case of an election for the
House of Representatives) or the State (in the case of any other election for
Federal office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6826261B530E4079B6F6F784ACA9A3F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as
described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of victory between the
two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the election is equal
to or greater than 2 percent of the total votes cast in that election, the hand
counts of the voter-verified paper ballots shall occur in at least 3 percent of
all precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative audit units used in
accordance with the method provided for under subsection (b)) in the
Congressional district involved (in the case of an election for the House of
Representatives) or the State (in the case of any other election for Federal
office).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D6C177073514C62A8CB69361007F94D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
Alternative Mechanism</header>
<paragraph id="HDE3A4E192D3741C58DEB433FA7B33731"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permitting use
of alternative mechanism</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State
may adopt and apply an alternative mechanism to determine the number of
voter-verified paper ballots which will be subject to the hand counts required
under this subtitle with respect to an election, so long as the alternative
mechanism uses the voter-verified paper ballots to conduct the audit and the
National Institute of Standards and Technology determines that the alternative
mechanism is in accordance with the principles set forth in paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFEF4A3B437744C38AFF5BE90ED588E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Principles for
approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving an
alternative mechanism under paragraph (1), the National Institute of Standards
and Technology shall ensure that the audit procedure will have the property
that for each election—</text>
<subparagraph id="H799D1E0BCB9D471699A1CA70AA5F1CCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alternative mechanism will be at least
as statistically effective in ensuring the accuracy of the election results as
the procedures under this subtitle; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ABD9A2586844801B5C25AD3A050B252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alternative
mechanism will achieve at least a 95% confidence interval (as determined in
accordance with criteria set forth by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology) with respect to the outcome of the election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA3533A6F895434E944FEE8EA58AA1FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for
response</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology shall make a determination regarding a State’s request to approve an
alternative mechanism under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after
receiving the State’s request.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB55D931D2F943819DCB3425F720E150" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>323.</enum><header>Process for
administering audits</header>
<subsection id="H2DE9D3CB82FD4380B02E4C0D904677EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Election Auditor of a State shall administer an audit
under this section of the results of an election in accordance with the
following procedures:</text>
<paragraph id="H2E4D7394F8F34916A1D3FD7534DB1DCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Within 24 hours
after the State announces the final unofficial vote count (as defined by the
State) in each precinct in the State, the Election Auditor shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1904C2C3FD1F4EC28AC629969A5F6C70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine and then
announce the precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative audit units used
in accordance with the method provided under section 322(b)) in the State in
which it will administer the audits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H561F4405812D4F73B84870F7D197AD7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to votes cast at the precinct
or equivalent location on or before the date of the election (other than
provisional ballots described in paragraph (2)), begin to administer the hand
count of the votes on the voter-verified paper ballots required to be used and
preserved under section 301(a)(2)(A) and the comparison of the count of the
votes on those ballots with the final unofficial count of such votes as
announced by the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2AC1150ED6C4FF88DD15B51D53DB7FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to votes cast other than at
the precinct on the date of the election (other than votes cast before the date
of the election described in paragraph (2)) or votes cast by provisional ballot
on the date of the election which are certified and counted by the State on or
after the date of the election, including votes cast by absent uniformed
services voters and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act, the Election Auditor shall administer the hand count of
the votes on the applicable voter-verified paper ballots required to be
produced and preserved under section 301(a)(2)(A) and the comparison of the
count of the votes on those ballots with the final unofficial count of such
votes as announced by the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB13C26E7AA51421888FAEDDA34D1805B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
personnel</header><text>In administering the audits, the Election Auditor may
utilize the services of the personnel of the State or jurisdiction, including
election administration personnel and poll workers, without regard to whether
or not the personnel have professional auditing experience.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC214FC9711794AC9B073FE318B293524"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The
Election Auditor shall administer an audit of an election—</text>
<paragraph id="H66FC7B1AE24F43FCA79498EA9C1CC9EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at the location
where the ballots cast in the election are stored and counted after the date of
the election or such other appropriate and secure location agreed upon by the
Election Auditor and the individual that is responsible under State law for the
custody of the ballots; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC73FA88301D246D9A44ACD8F97EB3567"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the presence of
the personnel who under State law are responsible for the custody of the
ballots.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2D8611C094642548D0071D27F22607B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule in
case of delay in reporting absentee vote count</header><text>In the case of a
State in which the final count of absentee and provisional votes is not
announced until after the date of the election, the Election Auditor shall
initiate the process described in subsection (a) for administering the audit
not later than 24 hours after the State announces the final unofficial vote
count for the votes cast at the precinct or equivalent location on or before
the date of the election, and shall initiate the administration of the audit of
the absentee and provisional votes pursuant to subsection (a)(2) not later than
24 hours after the State announces the final unofficial count of such
votes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF16070DF0CDA425AB4CCA85B8F062093"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
Audits if Cause Shown</header>
<paragraph id="HD08CFE31F9014EDF80EACECCBD313619"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Election Auditor finds that any of the hand counts
administered under this section do not match the final unofficial tally of the
results of an election, the Election Auditor shall administer hand counts under
this section of such additional precincts (or alternative audit units) as the
Election Auditor considers appropriate to resolve any concerns resulting from
the audit and ensure the accuracy of the election results.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F9FF95848C94B73A13729ED2526A35F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment
and publication of procedures governing additional audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 1, 2017, each State
shall establish and publish procedures for carrying out the additional audits
under this subsection, including the means by which the State shall resolve any
concerns resulting from the audit with finality and ensure the accuracy of the
election results.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9A120496C1C45909887A591D4A1E4F3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public
Observation of Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
audit conducted under this section shall be conducted in a manner that allows
public observation of the entire process.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9B9937A8EA643D79E7550EF2C0BBEAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>324.</enum><header>Selection of
precincts</header>
<subsection id="H87ABCBC40BB4408D82B603F2692946D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (c), the selection of the precincts or alternative audit units in
the State in which the Election Auditor of the State shall administer the hand
counts under this subtitle shall be made by the Election Auditor on a random
basis, in accordance with procedures adopted by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, except that at least one precinct shall be selected
at random in each county, with additional precincts selected by the Election
Auditor at the Auditor’s discretion.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H17DA97B116414DE9B9B8BC29988A217E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
Selection</header><text>The random selection of precincts under subsection (a)
shall be conducted in public, at a time and place announced in advance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2A16012A85D24017B23AFB90A5BAD801"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mandatory
Selection of Precincts Established Specifically for Absentee
Ballots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State does not
sort absentee ballots by precinct and include those ballots in the hand count
with respect to that precinct, the State shall create absentee ballot precincts
or audit units which are of similar size to the average precinct or audit unit
in the jurisdiction being audited, and shall include those absentee precincts
or audit units among the precincts in the State in which the Election Auditor
shall administer the hand counts under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8DA963F081A4E7B91A2048CDA9CCEF6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for
Adoption of Procedures by Commission</header><text>The National Institute of
Standards and Technology shall adopt the procedures described in subsection (a)
not later than March 31, 2017, and shall publish them in the Federal Register
upon adoption.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7143C6A75659462CA2198A17EA9B53B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>Publication of
results</header>
<subsection id="HFD20B32FD99E477BA0F8798B61F20A24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission to
Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the completion of an audit under this subtitle, the Election
Auditor of a State shall submit to the Commission the results of the audit, and
shall include in the submission a comparison of the results of the election in
the precinct as determined by the Election Auditor under the audit and the
final unofficial vote count in the precinct as announced by the State and all
undervotes, overvotes, blank ballots, and spoiled, voided, or cancelled
ballots, as well as a list of any discrepancies discovered between the initial,
subsequent, and final hand counts administered by the Election Auditor and such
final unofficial vote count and any explanation for such discrepancies, broken
down by the categories of votes described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of
section 323(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEBE5E4FCFEF420D9370D7C41B6BC3C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication by
Commission</header><text>Immediately after receiving the submission of the
results of an audit from the Election Auditor of a State under subsection (a),
the Commission shall publicly announce and publish the information contained in
the submission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C0D2F43FD5A411B92B52BA33C969D76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delay in
certification of results by State</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65E00E32F12F460783C02CBF2F55E930"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibiting
certification until completion of audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State may certify the results of any
election which is subject to an audit under this subtitle prior to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12F7D2D9C0804C4F96EF185B3E45B64B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the completion of the audit (and, if
required, any additional audit conducted under section 323(e)(1)) and the
announcement and submission of the results of each such audit to the Commission
for publication of the information required under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3124FA7B697A48FA95F0B7355A4A6939"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the completion of
any procedure established by the State pursuant to section 323(e)(2) to resolve
discrepancies and ensure the accuracy of results.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF753A495C65A4AE08E27EEE7E1284AFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for
completion of audits of Presidential elections</header><text>In the case of an
election for electors for President and Vice President which is subject to an
audit under this subtitle, the State shall complete the audits and announce and
submit the results to the Commission for publication of the information
required under this section in time for the State to certify the results of the
election and provide for the final determination of any controversy or contest
concerning the appointment of such electors prior to the deadline described in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/6">section 6</external-xref> of title 3, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DDE47D82AD84214823FFC7E54F959BD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>326.</enum><header>Payments to
States</header>
<subsection id="HD05B43DA32174067912AA15BFC24159C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments for
Costs of Conducting Audits</header><text>In accordance with the requirements
and procedures of this section, the Commission shall make a payment to a State
to cover the costs incurred by the State in carrying out this subtitle with
respect to the elections that are the subject of the audits conducted under
this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D7DCF79EC51497A848B3DD1FFA397B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of
Compliance and Anticipated Costs</header>
<paragraph id="H58332CCE10084200880A862B19BA194B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification
required</header><text>In order to receive a payment under this section, a
State shall submit to the Commission, in such form as the Commission may
require, a statement containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E0CFF8EEE4545299E926229901848DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification
that the State will conduct the audits required under this subtitle in
accordance with all of the requirements of this subtitle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC5DDA21DDF148B189402810CA1CDF50"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice of the reasonable costs incurred
or the reasonable costs anticipated to be incurred by the State in carrying out
this subtitle with respect to the elections involved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF3985FA93BD4683969BD3098F7CF5E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other
information and assurances as the Commission may require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2750476DC2974275A881693F79B12A42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a
payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the reasonable
costs incurred or the reasonable costs anticipated to be incurred by the State
in carrying out this subtitle with respect to the elections involved, as set
forth in the statement submitted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD28DED64E6CA4DB7891B5967D2B426EE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of
notice</header><text>The State may not submit a notice under paragraph (1)
until candidates have been selected to appear on the ballot for all of the
elections for Federal office which will be the subject of the audits
involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H026293E96291430AAFDEABBFF8A4D4C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of
Payments</header><text>The Commission shall make the payment required under
this section to a State not later than 30 days after receiving the notice
submitted by the State under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCBCA35BFCA6C4D48AFC9DED9B8BE7CCE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recoupment of
Overpayments</header><text>No payment may be made to a State under this section
unless the State agrees to repay to the Commission the excess (if any)
of—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF76CB0DBEC64666929B95BC2EDEE264"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of the
payment received by the State under this section with respect to the elections
involved; over</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69B4BCDE627A4840B05656CCB6600D8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actual costs
incurred by the State in carrying out this subtitle with respect to the
elections involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE037AA6C562C4F578E2A58F2FADD575B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Commission for fiscal year 2018 and each succeeding fiscal year $100,000,000
for payments under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E8E7E2535C3429799858ACF3A189525" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>327.</enum><header>Exception for
elections subject to recount under State law prior to certification</header>
<subsection id="H24E53F32588C4A72976188821179B80D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subtitle does not apply to any
election for which a recount under State law will commence prior to the
certification of the results of the election, including but not limited to a
recount required automatically because of the margin of victory between the 2
candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the election, but only if
each of the following applies to the recount:</text>
<paragraph id="H7F6E0BCD4938494984A5CBBEA8B6A7D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The recount
commences prior to the determination and announcement by the Election Auditor
under section 323(a)(1) of the precincts in the State in which it will
administer the audits under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFB343FA931347489A6D6FE7FB93F83D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the recount
would apply to fewer than 100 percent of the ballots cast in the
election—</text>
<subparagraph id="H105A55B033E3476B96CC527742E4E84E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
ballots counted will be at least as many as would be counted if an audit were
conducted with respect to the election in accordance with this subtitle;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H530CCBF11D1D409CB6A543BE41C37348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the selection of
the precincts in which the recount will be conducted will be made in accordance
with the random selection procedures applicable under section 324.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14DCD45E31BF460CB0E8A347ACC90419"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The recount for
the election meets the requirements of section 323(f) (relating to public
observation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9F5C81B23D4C7E9904A684522388FA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The State meets
the requirements of section 325 (relating to the publication of results and the
delay in the certification of results) with respect to the recount.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D1FAD441E2044C3B09990107AA6FFED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of
Effect on Other Requirements</header><text>Nothing in this section may be
construed to waive the application of any other provision of this Act to any
election (including the requirement set forth in section 301(a)(2) that the
voter verified paper ballots serve as the vote of record and shall be counted
by hand in all audits and recounts, including audits and recounts described in
this subtitle).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8A6B14B520242EBBF75ED52A1A5B180" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>328.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall apply
with respect to elections for Federal office held in 2018 or any succeeding
year.</text>
</section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HBAF020D9387B43CEB38AD251B2DBE8F1"><enum>612.</enum><header>Availability of
enforcement under Help America Vote Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and
inserting the following: <quote>, or the requirements of subtitle C of title
III.</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5FC59C8ADA6485B8E933D828E0A8B7C"><enum>613.</enum><header>Guidance on
best practices for alternative audit mechanisms</header>
<subsection id="H2244054318AB440BB55B35D09508AD6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than May 1,
2017, the Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology shall
establish guidance for States that wish to establish alternative audit
mechanisms under section 322(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added
by section 611). Such guidance shall be based upon scientifically and
statistically reasonable assumptions for the purpose of creating an alternative
audit mechanism that will be consistent with the principles for approval
described in section 322(b)(2) of such Act (as so added).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5038749ED2F64B0D858C7DBBDA47C8CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out subsection (a) $100,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H15427D06A68B44E8A3C299E88E440AEF"><enum>614.</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of
contents of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end
of the items relating to title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7F10E21CDEA4C11BB999D329675491F" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Mandatory Manual
Audits</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 321. Requiring audits of results of
elections.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 322. Number of ballots counted under
audit.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 323. Process for administering
audits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 324. Selection of
precincts.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 325. Publication of
results.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 326. Payments to States.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 327. Exception for elections subject
to recount under State law prior to certification.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 328. Effective
date.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>VII</enum><header>Provisional
Ballots</header>
<section id="H30AE98C1F67242D7BA97C5EE0ECE7C41"><enum>701.</enum><header>Requirements
for counting provisional ballots; establishment of uniform and
nondiscriminatory standards</header>
<subsection id="HBCB44E81E9484D138D715E762A3A5FA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15482) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HABED9375A1544420864344EEDCE2338D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EFDBB52A92246FC9968DCCF73D49C06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H581156FBD8E54F7188C4967128292BE8">
<subsection id="HDF754C0F6F0C4F4F8D2E696AC8621F0A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Statewide
counting of provisional ballots</header>
<paragraph id="H24BE408E704B4939A797A3C5E08EF96F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(4), notwithstanding the
precinct or polling place at which a provisional ballot is cast within the
State, the appropriate election official shall count each vote on such ballot
for each election in which the individual who cast such ballot is eligible to
vote.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE077345B421F4495BD91D5F159F02D8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This subsection shall apply with respect to elections held
on or after January 1, 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H662D64F9606D455EB5746A397661D9C5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Uniform and
nondiscriminatory standards</header>
<paragraph id="H4918DA83FA584A59B9C41F745E35064B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Consistent with the requirements of this section, each
State shall establish uniform and nondiscriminatory standards for the issuance,
handling, and counting of provisional ballots.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31ABC37A24064095971C662A817113D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This subsection shall apply with respect to elections held
on or after January 1,
2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D95E0ADBBF84838B3FBD74759F883F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(f) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(f)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by
striking <quote>Each State</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in
subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2), each State</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Early Voting
and Voting by Mail</header>
<section id="H862AED9D4EE648F9AB97B8BB9E147836"><enum>801.</enum><header>Early voting
and voting by mail</header>
<subsection id="H6B981CF2BD6347CD89D3BBE6355F3EE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Subtitle
A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.</external-xref>),
as amended by section 114(a) and section 201(a), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H10E6BBD63FC64F19A0534E20B9C2BA12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 306 and 307 as sections 308 and 309; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1918E61A93354F6EAC01FCBB614D9B8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 305 the following new sections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7D70745DF27C4D718B236D79C1DB702A">
<section id="H1EE811A050A741F8B9094DF91C025C7B"><enum>306.</enum><header>Early
voting</header>
<subsection id="H69CD86E274F246C4A097C821398DADE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall allow individuals to vote in an election
for Federal office not less than 15 days prior to the day scheduled for such
election in the same manner as voting is allowed on such day.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDCA302BCFFA342FAAC160F78FE2C54D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum early
voting requirements</header><text>Each polling place which allows voting prior
to the day of a Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B7E0F88FC8B44C49C7BECE4E82F37E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow such voting
for no less than 4 hours on each day (other than Sunday); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54ECCC5485684AECA2F3B1FCA345EFAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have uniform hours
each day for which such voting occurs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF30A15FF8054A9CA16136E4A7069834"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Location of
polling places near public transportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the greatest extent practicable, a State
shall ensure that each polling place which allows voting prior to the day of a
Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) is located within walking distance
of a stop on a public transportation route.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF3B33F3D994D4950AF073D0614515164"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<paragraph id="H8663E27661AB49BE96C7899ABEDA1B13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
issue standards for the administration of voting prior to the day scheduled for
a Federal election. Such standards shall include the nondiscriminatory
geographic placement of polling places at which such voting occurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7DEFE9FB90B4580B7A38AA561EB8771"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The
standards described in paragraph (1) shall permit States, upon providing
adequate public notice, to deviate from any requirement in the case of
unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or a
change in voter turnout.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9076EB8EB61243EAAB6254F5B9602566"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall apply with respect to elections held on
or after January 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1E21760E404243048AD5CB9D63EBDCA7"><enum>307.</enum><header>Promoting
ability of voters to vote by mail</header>
<subsection id="HBB4A6484E9704C79A3170EE02B88AD5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual in a
State is eligible to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, the State
may not impose any additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of
the individual to cast the vote in such election by mail, except as required
under subsection (b) and except to the extent that the State imposes a deadline
for requesting the ballot and related voting materials from the appropriate
State or local election official and for returning the ballot to the
appropriate State or local election official.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2CBFA675131F4E449FF45820DFF52331"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring
signature verification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State may not accept and process an absentee ballot submitted by any individual
with respect to an election for Federal office unless the State verifies the
identification of the individual by comparing the individual’s signature on the
absentee ballot with the individual’s signature on the official list of
registered voters in the State, in accordance with such procedures as the State
may adopt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F81851589A7410CAFBE2B5B0F903F8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall apply with respect to elections held on
or after January 1,
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D5C54491C6D4712A79246C2B3528407"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to issuance of voluntary guidance by election assistance
commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15501">42 U.S.C. 15501(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 201(b), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2587C25D3B242F288BE78F871C47883"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12238C3F1D7641458DCA1230792B4199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H732787A63454479CAD341DF0730B2814"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DA918E3BDE9498DAED1F828CB4FF145" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE5C209CB89A04FA2BF166376DE0DBAC0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the recommendations with
respect to section 306, June 30, 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36F6AE6D621E453A9690E64A321402A6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the recommendations with
respect to section 307, June 30,
2013.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H275DD775F29A4FEEBA02F0D459B4E25A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9DB02EBD6354E20833BD9F4582887B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the items relating to sections 306 and 307 as relating to sections 308 and 309;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DA1A4C6E566439F9F6CD87BD5512E9A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 305 the following new items:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2323E777D0F04A22B43DA2FF9C9615EB" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 306. Early voting. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 307. Promoting ability of voters to
vote by
mail.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Absent Uniformed
Services Voters and Overseas Voters</header>
<section id="H7F00635399F645B99CAABFE11DDF805E"><enum>901.</enum><header>Extending
guarantee of residency for voting purposes to family members of absent military
personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 705 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/595">50 U.S.C. App. 595</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H03B8E92A20804FE491BA52CC97A0D3F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">family
members</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H718FA62E6D264B81BC910B3218B43C1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF628544A5044700B5308A3CEAEBA9A9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA6B30B531E0845FEB0087823FCDDE1E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Family
members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of
voting for in any election for any Federal office (as defined in section 301 of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/431">2 U.S.C. 431</external-xref>)) or any State or local
office, a spouse, domestic partner, or dependent of a person who is absent from
a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason
of that person’s absence and without regard to whether or not such family
member is accompanying that person—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F206A0669FC422886FA43CB7AF21331"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be deemed to have
lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not
the person intends to return to that State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB43C9E44DB4B449585D187EF76CD0174"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be deemed to have
acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A9367480D2948C89C9A0874FC4D7DED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be deemed to have
become a resident in or a resident of any other
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4985CB7666474B899FA95AEA97F9D60C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header>Pre-election reports
on availability and transmission of absentee ballots</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(c) of the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF5D6B1999DF472FB167E5121AC189DB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H02C8F1FBD7E5468688084C5A6547DE69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports on
Availability, transmission, and receipt of absentee ballots</header>
<paragraph id="HF5BB3992CE784AB899423BECD05D0832"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballot availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 55 days before any regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office, each State shall submit a report
to the Attorney General, the Election Assistance Commission (hereafter in this
subsection referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>), and the Presidential
Designee, and make that report publicly available that same day, certifying
that absentee ballots for the election are or will be available for
transmission to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters by not
later than 45 days before the election. The report shall be in a form
prescribed jointly by the Attorney General and the Commission and shall require
the State to certify specific information about ballot availability from each
unit of local government which will administer the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC41A3B4302C84DD0910A9BDFDC25362E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballot transmission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 43 days before any regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office, each State shall submit a report
to the Attorney General, the Commission, and the Presidential Designee, and
make that report publicly available that same day, certifying whether all
absentee ballots have been transmitted by not later than 45 days before the
election to all qualified absent uniformed services and overseas voters whose
requests were received at least 45 days before the election. The report shall
be in a form prescribed jointly by the Attorney General and the Commission, and
shall require the State to certify specific information about ballot
transmission, including the total numbers of ballot requests received and
ballots transmitted, from each unit of local government which will administer
the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB96C50F3B0704CF88A97346985A7222A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Post-election
report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and received</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general election
for Federal office, each State and unit of local government which administered
the election shall (through the State, in the case of a unit of local
government) submit a report to the Attorney General, the Commission, and the
Presidential Designee on the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to
absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters for the election and the
combined number of such ballots which were returned by such voters and cast in
the election, and shall make such report available to the general public that
same
day.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAC4D0F695F4B4035A40ED97F87442682"><enum>903.</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H6FEB578CB6344F5F892C3EBAA251F505"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of
civil penalties and private rights of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105 of the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-4">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FC06FC321924D22868036077CE963A6" style="OLC">
<section id="HC3538D59EC584E3484FA2A7F8B4587AC"><enum>105.</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H207C2CAEE9EC4BE5A316CB7EFC4B96F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Action by
Attorney General</header>
<paragraph id="H2391E8B7EECC4B19BA3FCB118DCBDFFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General may bring civil action in an
appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be
necessary to carry out this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA8756E3909842229BB599A1E89119EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a civil action brought under paragraph
(1), if the court finds that the State violated any provision of this title, it
may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the
State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H923155B8445C4C8098D576CC1394BC55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an amount not to exceed $110,000 for
each such violation, in the case of a first violation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H495237B914E34EFC8C11062B88E49406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in an amount not
to exceed $220,000 for each such violation, for any subsequent
violation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DCBD76F11CC4E2FA9B8E4AFEFE80716"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
December 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an
annual report on any civil action brought under paragraph (1) during the
preceding year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A15E85AB80F4ECB868DEC5DCDFF765B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private right of
action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who is
aggrieved by a State's violation of this title may bring a civil action in an
appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be
necessary to carry out this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H71A8D7CA137C464A9F71BB34A37138B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State as only
necessary defendant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any
action brought under this section, the only necessary party defendant is the
State, and it shall not be a defense to any such action that a local election
official or a unit of local government is not named as a defendant,
notwithstanding that a State has exercised the authority described in section
576 of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act to delegate to another
jurisdiction in the State any duty or responsibility which is the subject of an
action brought under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE13BE1BDF01D4F339E52F1478119BBF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to violations alleged to have occurred on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0A8E6085BDC4E18BE95F002D28920AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>904.</enum><header>Revisions to 45-day
absentee ballot transmission rule</header>
<subsection id="H5EC8DA1F207842B1A062F16BA45BAB9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of waiver
authority</header>
<paragraph id="HD81A80FB3B084E42B9827CA4F51E0795"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection
(g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A5AABA91AED4AE6ADA6EDBA678A2E02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 102(a)(8)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1(a)(8)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>except as provided in
subsection (g),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C8EFEF8EB4E448EB6AD1FAD0AC223D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring use of
express delivery in case of failure To meet requirement</header><text>Section
102 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is amended
by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17D770A7570A41BFBBA6BD0CD2A6447F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H01FD8DA0858D49988E7BE7EAFB150711"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Requiring use of
express delivery in case of failure To transmit ballots within
deadlines</header>
<paragraph id="HAE835BD31D2C499DAE9AE42C3A45F92D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transmission of
ballot by express delivery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
a State fails to meet the requirement of subsection (a)(8)(A) to transmit a
validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services voter or
overseas voter not later than 45 days before the election (in the case in which
the request is received at least 45 days before the election)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4AE6786F63E472FB9690C0C1482155D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State shall
transmit the ballot to the voter by express delivery; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5B52BEF00CB4639A623340C6E572115"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a voter who has designated
that absentee ballots be transmitted electronically in accordance with
subsection (f)(1), the State shall transmit the ballot to the voter
electronically.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DAAF9B2CEFE4873BE3A4BB3BC36570C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for
transmission fewer than 40 days before the election</header><text>If, in
carrying out paragraph (1), a State transmits an absentee ballot to an absent
uniformed services voter or overseas voter fewer than 40 days before the
election, the State shall enable the ballot to be returned by the voter by
express delivery, except that in the case of an absentee ballot of an absent
uniformed services voter for a regularly scheduled general election for Federal
office, the State may satisfy the requirement of this paragraph by notifying
the voter of the procedures for the collection and delivery of such ballots
under section
103A.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H132023FB75A744E3A0E6655BC2CFE425"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of
treatment of weekends</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
102(a)(8)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)(8)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>the election;</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>the election
(or, if the 45th day preceding the election is a weekend or legal public
holiday, not later than the most recent weekday which precedes such 45th day
and which is not a legal public holiday, but only if the request is received by
at least such most recent weekday);</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6434A3DCA21E4134BED7D8C7D87141AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>905.</enum><header>Use of single
absentee ballot application for subsequent elections</header>
<subsection id="H2151BEC9E6F54EB3B2EA2C7DFA2AB22E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 of the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-3">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EF233D9D2E84951A0BFB6E7D614B3E6" style="OLC">
<section id="HE4237FDD87944EBE8747F90C4E51EB58"><enum>104.</enum><header>Use of single
application for subsequent elections</header>
<subsection id="H15925F1B32B342AC95D70D0AC992820F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State accepts
and processes an official post card form (prescribed under section 101)
submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter for
simultaneous voter registration and absentee ballot application (in accordance
with section 102(a)(4)) and the voter requests that the application be
considered an application for an absentee ballot for each subsequent election
for Federal office held in the State through the next regularly scheduled
general election for Federal office (including any runoff elections which may
occur as a result of the outcome of such general election), the State shall
provide an absentee ballot to the voter for each such subsequent
election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8FBB7EAB9AA54B54A886863B9F4C5C65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception for
voters changing registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to a voter registered to vote in a State for any election held after the voter
notifies the State that the voter no longer wishes to be registered to vote in
the State or after the State determines that the voter has registered to vote
in another State or is otherwise no longer eligible to vote in the
State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB74D3EA8C05C439EB7DB29E8D479138C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition of
refusal of application on grounds of early submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may not refuse to accept or to
process, with respect to any election for Federal office, any otherwise valid
voter registration application or absentee ballot application (including the
postcard form prescribed under section 101) submitted by an absent uniformed
services voter or overseas voter on the grounds that the voter submitted the
application before the first date on which the State otherwise accepts or
processes such applications for that election which are submitted by absentee
voters who are not members of the uniformed services or overseas
citizens.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H319675B2E35E4074937E67E5DB5AAB36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to voter registration and absentee ballot applications which are
submitted to a State or local election official on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD2DA85546E8249CEA23495D18470B10F"><enum>906.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after January
1, 2014.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Poll
Worker Recruitment and Training</header>
<section id="H76542D3CB9E046169C00D40D685E2728" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Leave to serve as a
poll worker for Federal employees</header>
<subsection id="HCE9C918D968E48F4963AA6EC01A15582"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4189A65924D4B498BFFA25CF34C7BAE" style="USC">
<section id="H3670D60E151B49C08F55893BF40A55F7"><enum>6329.</enum><header>Absence in
connection with serving as a poll worker</header>
<subsection id="H48A1451B574E4D75A267404095B3C6DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee in or
under an Executive agency is entitled to leave, without loss of or reduction in
pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or
performance or efficiency rating, not to exceed 6 days in a leave year, in
order—</text>
<paragraph id="H0FFB4106A9974F059E1AB039D6F8041E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
election administration assistance to a State or unit of local government at a
polling place on the date of any election for public office; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB09A6195E6AA43CDB0B29D7B41D81786"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to receive any
training without which such employee would be ineligible to provide such
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB63057DE628449C96CB45D8989FD5D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for
the administration of this section, including regulations setting forth the
terms and conditions of the election administration assistance an employee may
provide for purposes of subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFD894A68F4B45D898DFCFDDC89ECB70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/63">chapter 63</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6328
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0F7B91511834B74AFEC86204E901373" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">6329. Absence in connection with serving
as a poll worker.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6908A95E0472401AA50893955122975B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Grants to States
for poll worker recruitment and training</header>
<subsection id="HE7194D5FDAF14FA89318BE852CC37492"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants by
Election Assistance Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HB6FC7CA28586462FB056C14E4127B984"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Election Assistance Commission (hereafter referred to
as the <quote>Commission</quote>) shall make a grant to each eligible State for
recruiting and training individuals to serve as nonpartisan poll workers on
dates of elections for public office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H511A488685974BDDB56E717B892EB5E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
Commission materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
carrying out activities with a grant provided under this section, the recipient
of the grant shall use the manual prepared by the Commission on successful
practices for poll worker recruiting, training and retention as an interactive
training tool, and shall develop training programs with the participation and
input of experts in adult learning.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCB7E7C324FC4D6E98AF01B2BF4F674A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for
Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HB3F7460D94674E29ABEC5ADD0423C10A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State that desires to receive a
payment under this section shall submit an application for the payment to the
Commission at such time and in such manner and containing such information as
the Commission shall require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90639492AE224D1CA3D37B2B976D69DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application
submitted under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5E3E3010294415497F539D60074D65D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe the
activities for which assistance under this section is sought;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEAA0CB192FF4228B1964BEB23FE640E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide assurances
that the funds provided under this section will be used to supplement and not
supplant other funds used to carry out the activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD30342C71AC44073B53796934B83D44C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide assurances
that the State will furnish the Commission with information on the number of
individuals who served as nonpartisan poll workers after recruitment and
training with the funds provided under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CDC53B9663543A9AED264EA4007EE65"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide such
additional information and certifications as the Commission determines to be
essential to ensure compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF24BD583C59F42FE8EE7756C936CE013"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of
Grant</header>
<paragraph id="HF3F75AB06BA646B9912E1517EB056EE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of a grant made to a State under this section
shall be equal to the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H235616AE05E044A5B2C08339633FF393"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the aggregate
amount made available for grants to States under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F37EAB71072431CBD3ABB797638A274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the voting age
population percentage for the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74739986368E4D71A06DB2B69B94A77C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Voting age
population percentage defined</header><text>In paragraph (1), the <quote>voting
age population percentage</quote> for a State is the quotient of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A31CE601BCF451CA7EE53DF3A7C97D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the voting age
population of the State (as determined on the basis of the most recent
information available from the Bureau of the Census); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C9F93296DFE402C8B764B800CD41B3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total voting age population of all
States (as determined on the basis of the most recent information available
from the Bureau of the Census).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H773D4A71BB6A4C958A597F96A280E02C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HD0E33A5141EF4993AB01FD97ADDE94E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports by
recipients of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 6 months after the date on which the final grant is made under this
section, each recipient of a grant shall submit a report to the Commission on
the activities conducted with the funds provided by the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA54FC3AFD4844E978F3CE809505ABC00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports by
Commission</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the
final grant is made under this section, the Commission shall submit a report to
Congress on the grants made under this section and the activities carried out
by recipients with the grants, and shall include in the report such
recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF5E2EF4752B4BD0BE2008B6C84875A0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HCE784A0194E94B1E864D408B78B43243"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuing
availability of amount appropriated</header><text>Any amount appropriated to
carry out this section shall remain available without fiscal year limitation
until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D7C28EFA0634E0BAF3C17DF954FFF03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>Of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry
out this section, not more than 3 percent shall be available for administrative
expenses of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4E5D2E95F8974D0D9591F03CB023050A"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Model poll
worker training program</header>
<subsection id="H26912D70C2FC487C9DF45A47B2CF16BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of
program by Election Assistance Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall develop and
provide to each State materials for a model poll worker training program which
the State may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in elections
for Federal office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3BBAA314F1B949628E5584CEC3C3A043"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
materials</header><text>The materials for the model poll worker training
program developed under this section shall include materials to provide
training with respect to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA7860E9BD4384F148E9BE6A6FC635F02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The relevant
provisions of the Federal laws which apply to the administration of elections
for Federal office in the State, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and
the Help America Vote Act of 2002.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB7BC3257B7F40C29F0B632064A57975"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provision of
access to voting to individuals with disabilities in a manner which preserves
the dignity and privacy of such individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A82D5FEF49F416BADAA2242B2047BFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provision of
access to voting to individuals with limited English language proficiency, and
to individuals who are members or racial or ethnic minorities, consistent with
the protections provided for such individuals under relevant law, in a manner
which preserves the dignity of such individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72D8EB19D5F742E19A83003F4F194849"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Practical
experience in the use of the voting machines which will be used in the election
involved, including the accessibility features of such machines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9B852D19F06431BB6F0466D966B656D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Such other
election administration subjects as the Commission considers appropriate to
ensure that poll workers are able to effectively assist with the administration
of elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H79B336EDC3AC4AFFB39465076EB8D057"><enum>1004.</enum><header>State
defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the
term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</section><enum>XI</enum><header>Enhancement of
Enforcement</header>
<section id="H92697563948841FB902213F9A3DB9602"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Enhancement of
enforcement of Help America Vote Act of 2002</header>
<subsection id="HAD2D8DF638EB489BB49268319056B4C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Complaints;
Availability of private right of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E5DEC31AC6A4F369F9EA7638EEC685E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General.—</header-in-text>The
Attorney General</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EC1BA0B0AD34C1AB646516184662E77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE10A046BB3C64C79B453D65E40797880" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H934FFBFF882C4861A212CBC80FC6E7DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Filing of
Complaints by Aggrieved Persons</header>
<paragraph id="HAC4E3D3A8CC94EEDA340505BBD671A0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A person who is aggrieved by a violation of subtitle A or
subtitle C of title III which has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur
may file a written, signed, notarized complaint with the Attorney General
describing the violation and requesting the Attorney General to take
appropriate action under this section. The Attorney General shall immediately
provide a copy of a complaint filed under the previous sentence to the entity
responsible for administering the State-based administrative complaint
procedures described in section 402(a) for the State involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H869E54776D244D6898AD270B9FFC5CEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response by
Attorney General</header><text>The Attorney General shall respond to each
complaint filed under paragraph (1), in accordance with procedures established
by the Attorney General that require responses and determinations to be made
within the same (or shorter) deadlines which apply to a State under the
State-based administrative complaint procedures described in section 402(a)(2).
The Attorney General shall immediately provide a copy of the response made
under the previous sentence to the entity responsible for administering the
State-based administrative complaint procedures described in section 402(a) for
the State involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFDE2BD586B6848B0BA1C18B12BFE08D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
private right of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any
person who is authorized to file a complaint under subsection (b)(1) (including
any individual who seeks to enforce the individual’s right to a voter-verified
paper ballot, the right to have the voter-verified paper ballot counted in
accordance with this Act, or any other right under subtitles A or C of title
III) may file an action under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1983">42 U.S.C. 1983</external-xref>) to enforce the uniform and nondiscriminatory
election technology and administration requirements under subtitle A of title
III, or the requirements of subtitle C of title III.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CC25135643E49C68A5E54F5ACFDFF24"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No effect on
State procedures</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to
affect the availability of the State-based administrative complaint procedures
required under section 402 to any person filing a complaint under this
subsection.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB24DB00F885464A9ED240AC6FCC666D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to violations occurring with respect to elections for Federal office held in
2014 or any succeeding year.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XII</enum><header>Federal Election
Integrity</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1F53299A1D74F628F63954E6D9505C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Prohibition on
campaign activities by chief State election administration officials</header>
<subsection id="H3A477CE28BB540AFAF1AC4F73FC3597D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 319 the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58039DC3632342F2B6F9C1812D9C6731" style="traditional">
<section id="HEE8881CE76D246EAB7669320EC2D0769"><enum>319A.</enum><header>Campaign activities by chief State election administration
officials</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBE52CF229ACC42CCABF8364766EF02D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>It
shall be unlawful for a chief State election administration official to take an
active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to
any election for Federal office over which such official has supervisory
authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1307B4D4BA5648A6B8BD8C9D5FAA14BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chief State
election administration official</header><text>The term <term>chief State
election administration official</term> means the highest State official with
responsibility for the administration of Federal elections under State
law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFE2F566D806146C39EA8799F9D32FE7C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Active part in
political management or in a political campaign</header><text>The term
<term>active part in political management or in a political campaign</term>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="HF04E1D71870144A2A452BBA78AC26705"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serving as a
member of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBFA94A2FFFAE4CE1952D4D44CDAA7E1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the use of
official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or
affecting the result of an election for Federal office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEABCFA83DAC64CD0973C47520A20A9D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the solicitation,
acceptance, or receipt of a contribution from any person on behalf of a
candidate for Federal office; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC38D946B4E04475DAFD3B158CBE5A5D4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other act
which would be prohibited under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 7323(b) of
title 5, United States Code, if taken by an individual to whom such paragraph
applies (other than any prohibition on running for public office).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4D7946BB6ED44F938C9D5B41432773FE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception for
Campaigns of Official or Immediate Family Members</header>
<paragraph id="H13E707D83D394DA19CB9FD881E1BD5DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This section does not apply to a chief State election
administration official with respect to an election for Federal office in which
the official or an immediate family member of the official is a
candidate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01E828698E8D474C93693612FCB0C743"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Immediate family
member defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In paragraph
(1), the term <term>immediate family member</term> means, with respect to a
candidate, a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife,
father-in-law, or
mother-in-law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F43990C30C745AFA16A9FD444AE9C3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to elections for Federal office held after December 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XIII</enum><header>Other Election
Administration Improvements</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E6C618D5D9A4BDA8577BE263E5599CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Treatment of
universities as voter registration agencies</header>
<subsection id="HA713894A29B34EF6AE1DA5135BBCED54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(a) of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-5">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H60F7A297DBDA47D6B587AA09B6DE8FD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E9FED135EB04DD9836AC56013034AB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46FA6DB154F0456CAF47562D6265DC40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6113884761CA4DD7A7DC98F35F2D946E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3D260324BCC4C5490AEF51E77253680" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H781719B5DFCB47CCAB834EBC02982CD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>each institution
of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)) in the State that receives Federal
funds.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58A8326A7B2A49B9AE49B99C6DB3CD32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(A), by inserting <quote>or, in the case of an institution of higher
education, with each registration of a student for enrollment in a course of
study</quote> after <quote>assistance,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57C051241F284EF385D9E7280FE407D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to
Higher Education Act of 1965</header><text>Section 487(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph
(23).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4D8C90853774FD5919752E90FC92E3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to elections held on or after January 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H28830B1596A94C87B16C240557869DDA"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Minimum
notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes</header>
<subsection id="H8139668C15074A938B9BDDD24684C474"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482</external-xref>), as amended by section 701(a), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H016962352B734046B527AA70CF25D2E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD58A018D65D341A0B780784C496988EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H401B1EFCC7304BF0ADBB61D7F414A194" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6DC45DD2F81740B588C0B82957092A97"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minimum
notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes</header>
<paragraph id="H7856E9399FE9490FA51C29DE9D61C822"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State assigns an
individual who is a registered voter in a State to a polling place with respect
to an election for Federal office which is not the same polling place to which
the individual was previously assigned with respect to the most recent election
for Federal office in the State in which the individual was eligible to
vote—</text>
<subparagraph id="H013EC81596E849BA872E0505EC26F156"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State shall
notify the individual of the location of the polling place not later than 7
days before the date of the election; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB7AD3B8957541CEBE100221554FC41D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the State makes
such an assignment fewer than 7 days before the date of the election and the
individual appears on the date of the election at the polling place to which
the individual was previously assigned, the State shall make every reasonable
effort to enable the individual to vote on the date of the election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69DD47D51AA246A1AC813D7D0BAF5430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This subsection shall apply with respect to elections held
on or after January 1,
2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08B9D74C36FE45BDAF9D20B7F83743B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 302(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(f)</external-xref>), as
redesignated by subsection (a) and as amended by section 701(b), is amended by
striking <quote>(d)(2) and (e)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(2), (e)(2),
and (f)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B854D01FF94471DA3B268542DFB5BE6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Voter information
response systems and hotline</header>
<subsection id="HD700B23C28554E368BD9E0C174BC72C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
and operation of systems and services</header>
<paragraph id="HFC57A6AD4FF54E43B521E3F038147EEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State-based
response systems</header><text>The Attorney General shall coordinate the
establishment of a State-based response system for responding to questions and
complaints from individuals voting or seeking to vote, or registering to vote
or seeking to register to vote, in elections for Federal office. Such system
shall provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54A601D475144DAF816CE667B4BCFDA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State-specific,
same-day, and immediate assistance to such individuals, including information
on how to register to vote, the location and hours of operation of polling
places, and how to obtain absentee ballots; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD79D5288158B464F9DAA6A461650F3D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State-specific,
same-day, and immediate assistance to individuals encountering problems with
registering to vote or voting, including individuals encountering intimidation
or deceptive practices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5155DEFF680340FC958FCEED70858D59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hotline</header><text>The
Attorney General, in consultation with State election officials, shall
establish and operate a toll-free telephone service, using a telephone number
that is accessible throughout the United States and that uses easily
identifiable numerals, through which individuals throughout the United
States—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6380D2DB67744A0A77D1D6FEFE71404"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may connect
directly to the State-based response system described in paragraph (1) with
respect to the State involved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC921C0FAB7A4C45955723037B93CA25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may obtain
information on voting in elections for Federal office, including information on
how to register to vote in such elections, the locations and hours of operation
of polling places, and how to obtain absentee ballots; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81448EEC7DBA4F6199936CFA8E94AF05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may report
information to the Attorney General on problems encountered in registering to
vote or voting, including incidences of voter intimidation or
suppression.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F4FA272B41A4F7EAAFDBD1A04BE685C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collaboration
with State and local election officials</header>
<subparagraph id="H287AEB9C6AD049A5961ED9351427DA01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Collection of
information from states</header><text>The Attorney General shall coordinate the
collection of information on State and local election laws and policies,
including information on the Statewide computerized voter registration lists
maintained under title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, so that
individuals who contact the free telephone service established under paragraph
(2) on the date of an election for Federal office may receive an immediate
response on that day.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23B660E0636E4E94B86267D9DEAD2625"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Forwarding
questions and complaints to States</header><text>If an individual contacts the
free telephone service established under paragraph (2) on the date of an
election for Federal office with a question or complaint with respect to a
particular State or jurisdiction within a State, the Attorney General shall
forward the question or complaint immediately to the appropriate election
official of the State or jurisdiction so that the official may answer the
question or remedy the complaint on that date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC128A7AE1ED44BC99E6DCA37EB18C67D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of service
by individuals with disabilities and individuals with limited English language
proficiency</header><text>The Attorney General shall design and operate the
telephone service established under this section in a manner that ensures that
individuals with disabilities and individuals with limited proficiency in the
English language are fully able to use the service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF92688CC79274A74B7CB1D57E0A7BF43"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Voter Hotline
Task Force</header>
<paragraph id="HEE694009190E49D9A1BAE74A3C3BA06C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment by
attorney general</header><text>The Attorney General shall appoint individuals
(in such number as the Attorney General considers appropriate but in no event
fewer than 3) to serve on a Voter Hotline Task Force to provide ongoing
analysis and assessment of the operation of the telephone service established
under this section, and shall give special consideration in making appointments
to the Task Force to individuals who represent civil rights organizations. At
least one member of the Task Force shall be a representative of an organization
promoting voting rights or civil rights which has experience in the operation
of similar telephone services or in protecting the rights of individuals to
vote, especially individuals who are members or racial minorities or of
communities who have been adversely affected by efforts to suppress voting
rights.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE9C5566829E4CF599F4CD7236BAD437"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An
individual shall be eligible to serve on the Task Force under this subsection
if the individual meets such criteria as the Attorney General may establish,
except that an individual may not serve on the task force if the individual has
been convicted of any criminal offense relating to voter intimidation or voter
suppression.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9FEEB5ACB484F6B811DD6B9D97A408A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Term of
service</header><text>An individual appointed to the Task Force shall serve a
single term of 2 years, except that the initial terms of the members first
appointed to the Task Force shall be staggered so that there are at least 3
individuals serving on the Task Force during each year. A vacancy in the
membership of the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DED729296E74C0BACF8706F5F9213F4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No compensation
for service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the
Task Force shall serve without pay, but shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable
provisions under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55B8E55054504B10B686B719E0CCEC03"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Biannual report
to Congress</header><text>Not later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress on the operation of the
telephone service established under this section during the previous 2 years,
and shall include in the report—</text>
<paragraph id="HA056B878B30144EFB9308026D5DF8BA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an enumeration of
the number and type of calls that were received by the service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DEF9D2E9B78413EAC34D0DBDA9866BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
compilation and description of the reports made to the service by individuals
citing instances of voter intimidation or suppression;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4019BBCB96D94D9F8808C8729A13E138"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
the effectiveness of the service in making information available to all
households in the United States with telephone service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82222F9ADB0E4654A60B921F67874ECB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations developed by the Task
Force established under subsection (c) with respect to how voting systems may
be maintained or upgraded to better accommodate voters and better ensure the
integrity of elections, including but not limited to identifying how to
eliminate coordinated voter suppression efforts and how to establish effective
mechanisms for distributing updates on changes to voting requirements;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA53414E457F3405E987EB4FB8FC4ACA9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any
recommendations on best practices for the State-based response systems
established under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD12CDDC6A5F4023BB1F97DAA8A2F8EC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H392770C59EE547949FEC5F0591E560E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Attorney General for fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal year such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE390B87B654F46BF80075DE82B3B51AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set-aside for
outreach</header><text>Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this Act for a
fiscal year pursuant to the authorization under paragraph (1), not less than
15% shall be used for outreach activities to make the public aware of the
availability of the telephone service established under this section, with an
emphasis on outreach to individuals with disabilities and individuals with
limited proficiency in the English language.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC91B665DB9044F8FA57F24EBA470D70C"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of election assistance commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15330">42 U.S.C. 15330</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for each of the fiscal
years 2003 through 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of the fiscal
years 2013 through 2017</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9D1B21FE2AC44D678EFFD6FA87B72870"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Application of
laws to Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands</header>
<subsection id="H010BF4AD647240DCBBA61378BD44ACF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Voter
Registration Act of 1993</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(4) of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-1">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–1</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>States and the District of Columbia</quote> and inserting <quote>States,
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8E341C952CF47018E21956BE58734B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Help America
Vote Act of 2002</header>
<paragraph id="H30363A58DB24433DB527F437DE915B59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 901 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15541) is amended by striking <quote>and the United States Virgin
Islands</quote> and inserting <quote>the United States Virgin Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43D4147E3AEC485EA6A815212E24ACD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to minimum amount of requirements payment to
territories</header><text>Section 252(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15402">42 U.S.C. 15402(c)(2)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>or the United States Virgin Islands</quote> and
inserting <quote>the United States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3F22525B13614AC1BE5CC17C6BAE2417"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Repeal of
exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting
requirements</header>
<subsection id="HC9E29EF28943428EA4318C831896D9AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15325) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6EE0CBEF5544B8CB8AA49971456858B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to contracts entered into by the Election Assistance Commission on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H32C7B514C3414CDB8F79D50341587B39"><enum>1307.</enum><header>No effect on
other laws</header>
<subsection id="H15311E2E52E94D8E965CFD029166CB2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
specifically provided, nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize or
require conduct prohibited under any of the following laws, or to supersede,
restrict, or limit the application of such laws:</text>
<paragraph id="HDD0F12CEC2014CE4B7A9538C32042864"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973">42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69361C4FE7194F66BA073756AD2A76FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Voting
Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31A86C673839413BB9DB6881E0118110"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC71CECC629F541DEAA88B27F40709593"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72A6FA07D7594F98A67BD7A5A023470D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1B107264447488F8943A3B2BBB74423"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87021A16DE764B59A99EFEE2D3BE5850"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No effect on
preclearance or other requirements under Voting Rights Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The approval by any person of a payment or
grant application under this Act, or any other action taken by any person under
this Act, shall not be considered to have any effect on requirements for
preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973c">42 U.S.C. 1973c</external-xref>)
or any other requirements of such Act.</text>
</subsection></section>